SOLUTION: there are thirty five students in a math class. sixty percent of the class is girls. how many girls are in the class?

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Question 631415: there are thirty five students in a math class. sixty percent of the class is girls. how many girls are in the class?
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We just need to convert 60% to a decimal and multiply that by 35. So 60%=0.6, and 0.6*35 is 21. So there are 21 girls in the class.