Question

A school staff meeting had 40 teachers in attendance, 35% of whom were first-year teachers. How many first-year teachers were in the meeting?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the number of first-year teachers at the school staff meeting, we can calculate 35% of the total number of teachers in attendance.

First, we find 35% of 40:

\[
\text{Number of first-year teachers} = 0.35 \times 40
\]

Calculating that gives:

\[
0.35 \times 40 = 14
\]

Therefore, the number of first-year teachers in the meeting is \( \boxed{14} \).