Question

At a conference of 250 people, 20% of the participants are French, 35% are Americans, 5% are Germans, and the rest are of other nationalities. How many French participants are at the conference? 200 100 50 20

Answer 1

50

there are 250 people and 20% (which is .2) of them are French

the "of" signals multiplication so:

250 * .2 = 50 French participants