Question

15.%. of Students were absent on
Monday. Find the number of students
that were absent if the total number of
students was 560

Answer 1

Answer:

84 students were absent

Answer 2

number of students absent =

$15\% \: of \: total \: students \\ 15\%of \: 540 \\ \frac{15}{100} \times 540 \\ \frac{3}{2} \times 54 \\ 3 \times 28 = 84 \\ 84 \: students \: are \: absent$