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On Fridays, Harry's school serves a choice of hamburgers or pizza for lunch. 60% of the sixth grade class ate pizza this Friday. If 36 sixth grade students ate pizza, how many students are in the sixth grade?

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Let s = # of students in the sixth grade.  60% of these, or 0.60s, ate pizza:  thus, 0.60s = 36.  Solving for s, s = 36/0.60 = 60.

There are 60 students in the sixth grade.

The number of students that are in the sixth grade is 60.

What are percentages?

Percentage is the fraction out of an amount expressed as a number out of hundred. The sign used to represent percentages is %. Percentages are a measure of frequency?

How many students are in the 6th grade class?

Number of students = number of students that ate pizza / percentage

35 / 60%

36 / 0.6 = 60

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