Alisha asked 120 students what kind of pet they liked the most. Exactly 45% of the students said they liked dogs best. What is the tottal number of students who said they liked dogs best?

To work out the percentage of something you want to change the percent in the question into decimal form:

45% = 0.45

Then you want to multiply the number in the question by the percentage in decimal form:

120 x 0.45

Then solve this expression:

120 x 0.45 = 54

Therefore 54 students like dogs best

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