Question

A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a ballet at a theatre that has 2000 seats. The students filled 700 of the seats in the theatre. What percentage of the seats in the theatre were filled by the 6th graders on the trip?

Answer 1

$\text{We need to find the percentage of students that occupied a seat}\\\text{at the theatre}\\\\\text{We know that there was a total of 700 students that attended the trip}\\\\\text{We also know that there are 2000 total seats in the theatre}\\\\\text{To find the percent of seats occupied, divide 700 by 2000}\\\\700\div2000=0.35\\\\\text{This can be translated into 35\% when you move the decimal place two times}\\\text{to the right}\\\\\boxed{35\%}$