SOLUTION: If a classroom held 270 students and only 150 showed up what would be the percentage? What would be the next number in this sequence? 1,1,2,3,5,8,13 ... 16?

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Question 775003: If a classroom held 270 students and only 150 showed up what would be the percentage?
What would be the next number in this sequence?
1,1,2,3,5,8,13 ... 16?
Answer by dedecandy(4) About Me  (Show Source):
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For the percentage problem you would have to make a fraction to figure out the percentage.

The steps look like
150/270 and ?/100
You would have to cross multiplied 150 and 100
It would look like 15,000 if you get the answer.
Divide 15,000 by 270.
The answer would be 55.5%.