There are 1,500 students in a school. 65% of them are girls. How many girls are there in the school?

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Madelyn Sanchez

1 July, 13:16

There are 1,500 students in a school. 65% of them are girls. How many girls are there in the school?

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Jordan Griffin · Answer 1

First you have to multiply 1,500 by 65%. A way to do that is 1,500 x 65 and then divide by 100.

So 1,500 x 65 is 97,500.

97,500 divided by 100 is 975.

The final answer is that there are 975 girls in the school.