Question

At a middle school, 74 students have freckles. There are 258students in the school. To the nearest tenth of a percent,what percent of the students have freckles?

Answer 1

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total number=258} \\ \text{Number with freckles=74} \\ \text{Percentage with freckles is calculated as follows;} \\ \text{Percent}=\frac{\text{Number with freckles}}{Total\text{ number}}\times100 \\ \text{Percent}=\frac{74}{258}\times100 \\ \text{Percent}=\frac{7400}{258} \\ \text{Percent}=28.68217\ldots \\ \text{Percent}=28.7\text{ (to the nearest tenth of a percent)} \end{gathered}$

The answer is 28.7% of the students have freckles (approximated to the nearest tenth of a percent).