Question

80% of the 6th graders at Harrison Middle are going on a field trip to the Museum. There is a total of 685 students in 6th grade. How many students are going on the field trip?

Answer 1

80%=.8, .8*685=548. This is the simple math that you need. For the percentages, move the decimal place two places to the left and then multiply by the number that you want to get the percentage of.

Answer 2

Sure, let me help you on this one!

In order for us to find a percentage, we need to transform the amount of percent we want to find into decimal form.

80% = 0.8

Then, our job is to multiply that decimal form number by a number we are interested finding percentage in.

In our case, this number is the amount of 6th grades - 685 students.

$0.8 * 685 = 548$

Answer: 548 students at the Harrison Middle are going on a field trip to the Museum.