SOLUTION: At a middle school, 38% of all seventh graders have taken swimming lessons. There are 250 students in the seventh grade. How many of them taken swimming lessons?

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Question 1027892: At a middle school, 38% of all seventh graders have taken swimming lessons. There are 250 students in the seventh grade. How many of them taken swimming lessons?
Answer by mathybrain(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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As there are 250 students in the seventh grade while only 38% take swimmming lessons, you need to find 38% of 250. You can do this by:
38/100 x250
=9500/100
=95
95 seventh graders took swimming lessons.