On Fridays, Harry's school serves a choice of hamburgers or pizza for lunch. 60% of the sixth grade class ate pizza this Friday. If 36 sixth grade students ate pizza, how many students are in the sixth grade?
Accepted Solution
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Let s = # of students in the sixth grade. 60% of these, or 0.60s, ate pizza: thus, 0.60s = 36. Solving for s, s = 36/0.60 = 60.