SOLUTION: In a school containing 360 children, 198 are girls. What percent of all the children are girls? What percent of the children are boys? The number of girls is what percent of the nu

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Question 1107023: In a school containing 360 children, 198 are girls. What percent of all the children are girls? What percent of the children are boys? The number of girls is what percent of the number of boys? The number of boys is what percent of the number of girls?

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In a school containing 360 children, 198 are girls.
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What percent of all the children are girls?
198%2F360 * 100 = 55% are girls
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What percent of the children are boys?
%28360-198%29%2F360 * 100 = 45% are boys (162)
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The number of girls is what percent of the number of boys?
198%2F162 * 100 = 122%
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The number of boys is what percent of the number of girls?
162%2F198 * 100 = 82%