Answer: 96 students
Step-by-step explanation:
Number of students in the school= 800
Percentage of students that stays after school for Chess = 12%
To get the number of students that attend Chess Club on Wednesdays, we multiply the percentage given by 800. This can be written as:
= 12% of 800
= 12/100 × 800
= 12 × 8
= 96 students
96 students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that the entire school
(
100
%
)
(100%)left parenthesis, 100, percent, right parenthesis has
800
800800 students. We need to find out how many students are in Chess Club, which is
12
%
12%12, percent of the school.
Hint #2
We can first divide
800
800800 by
100
100100 to see that
8
88 students make up
1
%
1%1, percent of the school, then multiply by
12
1212 to see how many students make up
12
%
12%12, percent.
12
%
of the students
=
12
⋅
1
%
of the students
=
12
⋅
8
students
=
96
students
12%of the students
=12⋅1%of the students
=12⋅8students
=96students
Hint #3
96
9696 students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays.
