Question

There are 550 students at Martin Middle School. One bundred and eighty- seven students walk to school. what percent of the students walk to school?

Answer 1

For a question like this, all you have to do is remember that a percentage is simply a fraction expressed as a decimal. So, all we have to do is:
$\frac{187}{550}$, and then multiply our decimal answer by 100 to get the percentage:
$\frac{187}{550}$ = 0.34
0.34 x 100 = 34
Therefore 34% of the students walk to school.
I hope this helped and remember to please try and understand the maths that got the answer, not just writing the answer down :))