Question

About three fifths of the students at Roosevelt Elementary School live within one mile of the school what percent of students live within one mile of the school

Answer 1

--  A fraction always means division.
    To change a fraction to its decimal form, DO the division.

     3/5  =  3 ÷ 5  =  0.6

--  To change a decimal to percent,
     move the decimal point 2 places that way  ===> .

                               0.6  =  60%

Answer 2

60% of the school lives within 1 mile of Roosevelt Elementary.