Question

70 students out of the 6th grade went to an animal shelter for a field trip. This is 60% of the 6th grade. How many students are in the 6th grade?

Answer 1

About 20 to 35
Sorry if I’m wrong

Answer 2

Answer:

116 students

Step-by-step explanation:

70 is 60% of a whole. In order to find the whole we must divide.

turn 60% to a decimal (move the decimal two spaces to the left: 0.6) then divide 70/0.6 and that equals 116.6, but obviously we can't split up a person so we have to round down to the nearest whole which is 116.

so, 70 is 60% of the whole 116.

to check your answer, you can do 116*0.6 which equals 70.

Hope this helps!