Question

Last Sunday, 1,575 people visited the amusement park. 56% of the visitors were adults, 16% were teenagers, and the rest were children ages 12 and under. How many children under 12 visited the park?

Answer 1

First we less the sum of 56% and 16% from 100% to get our percentage of visitors under 12.
$100 - (56 + 16) = 28$
Percentage of visitors under twelve = 28%

Then we take 28% of 1,575.
Easiest done if we use the fraction .28 instead of 28%.
$1575 \times 0.28 = 441$
Number of visitors under twelve= 441