Question

Of the students in your class 12% are left handed. What fraction of the students are left handed? Are there more right handed or left handed students? Explain. Write your answers in simplest form.

Answer 1

Fraction of students that are left handed = 12/100
= 3/25
There are more right handed students than left handed students as the other percentage belong to the right handed students as there are only 2 categories.

Answer 2

Answer: 3/25; There are more right handed students in the class.

Step-by-step explanation:

Of the students in a class 12% are left handed. This means that there will be (100-12) = 88% right handed students in the class.

Faction of students that are left handed will be:

= 12/100

= 3/25

There are more right handed students in the school because the percentage of right handed students is 88% while that or left handed students is 12%.