document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=681154>Question 681154</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If there are 30 children in a class and 3 are absent what is the percentage of absent children and what is the percentage of children present </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<br> If you want to do %'s as ratios, then you can think of it as:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "part/total = %/100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this case the part that is absent is 3 and the total is 30, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 100.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The percent of students absent is 10%.  That means that 100%-10%=90% were present.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However, if you want practice.  The number of students present is 30-3=27.  So the proportion you would need to solve is.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reduce and multiply both sides by 100 to see if you get 90%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! Hope that helped.\r<BR>\n" );
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