26 of 31 students brought their brown envelopes to the teacher. What approximate percent brought in their brown envelopes?

Question

Please help! stuck! I know it is 26% of 31 and have an qpproximate idea on how to do it, but hot sure in my calculations. Thanks.

Answer 1

One way to do it is with a proportion:

 

26 / 31 = x / 100

 

100 (26 / 31) = x

2600 / 31= x

83.87 = x

 

 

83.87% of the students brought their envelopes.