Question

out of of are 40 students, 15 are on the student council. what percent of the students are NOT on the student council?

Answer 1

40-15=25 students not on student council

25/40 = .625 decimal

multiply by 100 to get percent

62.5% of students are not on student council

Estimating:

15 rounds to 20 and 40 rounds to 50

40% are in student council and that leaves roughly 60% not in student council.