A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a play at a theatre that has 2000 seats. The students filled 65% of the seats in the theatre. How many 6th graders went on the trip?

1,300 students went on the trip

Step-by-step explanation: So we know that 65% filled the seats so let's turn that into a fraction.   . Now we know that there are 2,000 seats in total so let's put that into a fraction.  The x represents the students that went on the trip.

                 we have to cross multiply

   65(2,000) = 100 (x)

    130,000   =  100 (x)          

    130,000   ÷  100                            

        1,300    =   x          So now we know that 1,300 went to the trip students

250

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