Question 40 of 45intermediate🔧 ApplyNumerical4 marks

A school is organising an excursion for its students. 40% of them are Grade 8 students and the rest are Grade 9 students. Among these Grade 8 students, 60% are girls. (i) What percentage of the students going to the excursion are Grade 8 girls? (ii) If the total number of students going to the excursion is 160, how many of them are Grade 8 girls?

(i)
Answer

24%

(ii)
Answer

38 students (approximately)

Explanation

(i) 60% of 40% = 0.60×400.60 \times 40 = 24% (ii) 24% of 160 = 0.24×1600.24 \times 160 = 38.4 ≈\approx 38

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