Question

there are 27 children in Ms. kloot's class. when the flu was going around , about 26% of the students in the class were absent. how many students were sick?

Answer 1

Answer:

About 8 children were sick

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of children in Ms. kloot's class is 27.

The percentage of students who were absent due to the flu 26.

Number of children who were sick

$= \frac{26}{100} \times 27$

This simplifies to:

$= 7.02$

Therefore about 8 children were sick