Question

There are 1,500 students in a school. 65% of them are girls. How many girls are there in the school?

Answer 1

First you have to multiply 1,500 by 65%.  A way to do that is 1,500 x 65 and then divide by 100.
So 1,500 x 65 is 97,500.
97,500 divided by 100 is 975.
The final answer is that there are 975 girls in the school.