How To Work Out This Percentage Of A Number Question?

30% of a group of 80 children wear black socks. How many wear black socks?
How do I work this out?

2 Responses to “How To Work Out This Percentage Of A Number Question?”

  • Oh Snap! I <3 Ben C, B*tch! says:

    So you want 30% of 80.
    30% is 30/100 which is 0.3
    So you multiply 0.3 by 80
    which is 24.
    So 24 children wear black socks because 30% of 80 is 24.

  • ET says:

    convert a percentage to a decimal, and divide the result by 100.
    30% becomes .30 or .3
    Multiple the decimal by the number of children: .3 * 80 = 24.0

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