Over here, I'm going to do it in two ways, and either way works, one is just easier to do out:
1st way:
You can represent the percent 120 as a decimal which is 1.20, then you do 800*1.2.
2nd way:
You can use benchmark percents. You find 10 percent of 800 which is 80 and multiply 80 by 2 to get 160, so 20% is 160 dollars. Then you add 160 to 800 (800+160) and get 960.
Steps: 1. Do a proportion 2/3 times x/12 2. Do 12 times 2=24 3. Divide 24 by 3 4. Your answer is 8 girls Or you could do it this way Steps: 1. You could have just multiplied the 2 by a 4 to get 8.12 boys divided by 3 boys is 4. That means you multiple the two by 4 to get the girls.