Question

2% of the students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair. There are 700 students at Hamilton Middle School. How many students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair?

Answer 1

2% = 0.02

700 * 0.02 = 14

 14 students have red hair

Answer 2

Answer:

There are 14 students at Hamilton Middle School having red hair.

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number students at Hamilton Middle School is 700. And it has been given that 2% of the total number of students have red hair.

Hence, in order to find the number of students having red hair, we can find 2% of 700.

$\text{Number of student having red hair}=0.02\times 700\\=14$

Therefore, 14 students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair.