SOLUTION: There are 15 girls and 12 boys in a class. What percentage is girls?

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Question 803129: There are 15 girls and 12 boys in a class. What percentage is girls?
Answer by homeworkhedgehog(9) About Me  (Show Source):
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To find a percentage, you need to divide the number of things that you want by the total number of things.
So we want to know the percentage of girls.
girls%2Ftotal=12%2F27=.444
To turn it into a percentage, we move the decimal over two spots and get 44.4%.