If there are 50 students and 23 wore a hat what is the percentage of students that wore a hat?

Question

There are 50 students and 23 wore a hat. What is the percentage of students that wore a hat? 

Answer 1

I set it up as 100/X = 50/23.  Cross multiply.  

That gets you 2300=50X.

Then, divide to find X.      2300/50 = X.

Should get 46 as your answer.
So, 46% of students wore a hat.

 

Hope this is helpful (and I hope the math tutors agree!).

Robin