28% of the employees at the tire factory are women. If there are 500 employees, how many are women, w? Write an equation

Answer 1

Some teachers may show students how to solve problems like these with a proportion:

General Form: part/whole = percent/100

Our problem: w/500 = 28/100

Cross Multiply: 100w = 28(500)

Simplify: 100w = 14000

Divide by 100: w = 140

Answer 2

W=.28*500=140

Note: a percent is a fraction the denominator of which is 100!