Question

A high school will graduate 100 students. of these, 52 students plan to attend college. what percent of the students plan to attend college

Answer 1

52% 

There is 100 students, 

100% is everyone so 100% is everyone 

52 of these are planning on attending college so do 

52 / 100 = 0.52. 
0.52*100(%) = 52% 

Another example 

156 students in a class, 52 plan on attending college. 

52 / 156 = 0.33 
0.33*100(%) = 33%. 

Hope I helped! 

By the way, the sign "/" means divided

Answer 2

52 percent of students plan to attend college