For the peachtree ridge football game 500 students wore blue and 300 students did not. What percent of all the students attending the game wore blue?

Problem

500 students wore blue and 300 students did not. What percent of all the students attending the game wore blue?

Result

62.5% of all the students attending the game wore blue.

Solution

We can calculate the percent of students wearing blue, after finding the total amont of students, using division and multiplication.

Let's add

500 + 300 = 800

Let's divide

800/500 = 0.625

Let's multiply

0.625 · 100 = 62.5