Question

1. the school cafeteria offered a choice of hamburgers or tacos to 7th grade students. out of the 240 students in 7th grade, 25% chose hamburgers. how many 7th graders chose hamburgers?

Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

25% can be written as $0.25$ in decimal form.

Step2: Multiply total students by decimal

To find the number of students who chose hamburgers, we multiply the total number of 7th - grade students (240) by the decimal equivalent of the percentage (0.25). So the calculation is $240\times0.25$.
$240\times0.25 = 60$

Answer:

60