In a survey, 60% of students prefer bagels to donuts. If 120 students were surveyed, how many students prefer bagels?

Answer 1

If 60% prefer bagels and there are 120 students, then we would need to calculate what 60% of 120 is. To do this I like to work in 10's because its a bit easier to work with. In this case I would say what's 10% of 120, that answer is 12. I would then say well I need 6 times that 10% since we want to know 60% not 10%. I would then simply multiply 12 by 6 and get the correct answer of 72. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Hi! If 60% of 120 students prefer bagels, then you can simply multiple .6 (60%=60/100=.6) by 120.

.6x120=72 students. Hope that helps!

Answer 3

We just need find the 60 % of the total students (120 students).

72 students prefer bagels.