Students attend scool 180 of 365 days ... What part of the year do they attend school?

18%

50%

75%

180%

How do I find the percentage?

180/365 is the fraction

simplify by factoring and finding ones

180=2*2*3*3*5

365=5*73

180/365=5/5 times (2*2*3*3) / 73=36/73

divide and get

0.49

this means 49 hundreths so

percento means parts out of 100 so

0.49=0.49/1

we want x/100

multiply top and bottom by 100

0.49/1 times 100/100

49/100

answer is 49%

the closest answer given is 50% but the answer is 49%