There are 100 students in a drawing contest and 58 of students are girls. What percent of students in the drawing contest are girls?
The fraction [tex]\frac{58}{100}[/tex] represents the number of girls in the drawing contest out of all the students.
To find out what percent of the students are in the drawing contest, we can change [tex]\frac{58}{100}[/tex] into a percent.
We can first reduce the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 58 and 100 using 2.
58 ÷ 2 = 29
100 ÷ 2 = 50
Our reduced fraction is [tex]\frac{29}{50}[/tex].
29 ÷ 50 = 0.58
0.58 × 100 = 58%
Therefore, 58% of the students in the drawing contest are girls.
