Question

Last Tuesday was silly hat day at Austen's school. Out of the 960 students at the school, 576 wore a silly hat. What percentage of the students wore a silly hat?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the percentage of students who wore a silly hat, you can use the following formula:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of students who wore a hat}}{\text{Total number of students}} \right) \times 100
\]

In this case, the number of students who wore a silly hat is 576, and the total number of students is 960.

Now, plug the values into the formula:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{576}{960} \right) \times 100
\]

First, calculate \( \frac{576}{960} \):

\[
\frac{576}{960} = 0.6
\]

Next, multiply by 100 to convert it into a percentage:

\[
0.6 \times 100 = 60
\]

Thus, 60% of the students wore a silly hat.