Question

In a class of 24 students, 6 students are absent. What percent of the class is not absent?

Answer 1

6 absent, so 18 present
18/24 = 3/4 = 75%

Answer 2

There are 24 students in a class. 6 of the students were absent during the Math period.
What percentage of the students were absent?
What fraction of the students were absent?
Express the percentage of students absent as a decimal