Mrs.Smith's class has 12 girls and 8 boys. What percent of he class are girls?

[#boys/girls+boys]*100 = percent

I didn't read the problem very carefully. The calculation above is percent boys. Percent girls is done similarly but use # girsl instead of # boys OR 100 - percent boys = percent girls.

User Icon for bob bob answered
12 years ago

how

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

To find the percentage of girls in Mrs. Smith's class, we need to divide the number of girls by the total number of students (girls + boys) and then multiply by 100.

Step 1: Find the total number of students.
Girls + Boys = 12 + 8 = 20

Step 2: Find the number of girls as a decimal.
Girls / Total = 12 / 20 = 0.6

Step 3: Convert the decimal to a percentage.
0.6 * 100 = 60%

Therefore, 60% of Mrs. Smith's class are girls.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
1 year ago

To find the percentage of girls in Mrs. Smith's class, we need to calculate the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of students in the class and then convert that ratio to a percentage.

Step 1: Calculate the ratio of girls to the total number of students in the class.
Number of girls = 12
Number of boys = 8
Total number of students = 12 + 8 = 20

Ratio of girls to total students = Number of girls / Total number of students = 12 / 20 = 0.6

Step 2: Convert the ratio to a percentage.
Multiply the ratio by 100 to get the percentage.
Percentage of girls = Ratio of girls to total students * 100 = 0.6 * 100 = 60%

So, 60% of the students in Mrs. Smith's class are girls.