Question

There are 900 students in a school. 540 of them are boys. What percent of the students in the school are boys?

Answer 1

There are 900 students in a school and 540 of the students are boys. What percent of the students are boys.

The fraction $\frac{540}{900}$ represents the 540 students that are boys out of all the students in the school. To find what percent of students are boys, we can turn $\frac{540}{900}$ into a percent.

To turn $\frac{540}{900}$ into a percent, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 540 and 900 using 180.

Now, we have our reduced fraction which is $\frac{3}{5}$.

3 ÷ 5 = 0.6

0.6 × 100 = 60%

Therefore, 60% of the students in the school are boys.