Stats question about percentages

Question

A class has 301 students and 52.5% of them are men how many men are in the class?

Answer 1

First convert percent to decimal

52.5% = .525

Then multiply the number of students by the equivalent decimal.

301 x .525 = 158.025

Because you cannot have .025 of a person, check 158 men and 159 men (just to be sure) and see which is approximately 52.5%.

158/301 = .5249... => approx. 52.5%

159/301 = .5282... => approx. 52.8%

There are 158 men in the class.

Answer 2

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