The Briarwood Middle School chess club has 55 members. 22 of the members are in seventh grade. What percent of members of the chess club are in seventh grade?

Well because there is a total of 55 students that will be your denominator

And there are 22 seventh graders so that would be you numerator since you want to know the percentage of the seventh graders present in the club.

To do so you just need to divide 22 by 55 and multiply that quotient by 100 and slap on that percent sign:

100 * (22 / 55) = 40%

Solutions

The Briarwood Middle School chess club has 55 members. 22 of the members are in seventh grade.

To convert a fraction into a percent divide the numerator by the denominator and then multiply that result with 100. We can show this formula by (Numerator/Denominator) * 100.

(22/55) * 100

= 40.00%

= 40%