There are \(30\) students in a class and \(18\) of them are girls. Work out the percentage of the class that are girls.

Assessment: Mathematics 0580 | Paper 1 Mock 01 | Non-calculator (Core) Subject: Mathematics - 0580

Question 1 Report

There are \(30\) students in a class and \(18\) of them are girls.

Work out the percentage of the class that are girls.

Answer Details

The proportion of girls is written as a fraction of the whole class, then converted to a percentage by multiplying by \(100\): \(\frac{18}{30}\times 100\) [M1] oe.

\(\frac{18}{30}=\frac{3}{5}\), and \(\frac{3}{5}\times 100=60\%\) [A1].

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