There are 650 sixth graders in the school and 338 of the sixth graders are girls. What percent of the sixth graders are girls?
The fraction [tex]\frac{338}{650}[/tex] represents the number of sixth graders that are girls out of all the sixth graders in the school.
To find what percent of sixth graders are girls, we can turn [tex]\frac{338}{650}[/tex] into a percent.
We can first reduce this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 338 and 650 using 26.
338 ÷ 26 = 13
650 ÷ 26 = 25
Our reduced fraction is [tex]\frac{13}{25}[/tex].
13 ÷ 25 = 0.52
0.52 × 100 = 52%
Therefore, 52% of the sixth grade students are girls.
