Question

the school cafeteria offered a choice of pizza or nachos to sixth grade students. One hundred and five students chose pizza. This represents 35% of the sixth grade class. How many students are in sixth grade?

Answer 1

Answer: To find out how many students are in the sixth grade, we can use the given information that 105 students chose pizza, representing 35% of the sixth grade class.

Let's denote the total number of students in the sixth grade as xx.

We know that 105 students represent 35% of the total number of students in the sixth grade.

So, we can set up the equation:

35100×x=105

10035​×x=105

To solve for xx, we need to isolate it:

x=105×10035

x=35105×100​

x=1050035

x=3510500​

x=300

x=300

So, there are 300 students in the sixth grade.