Challenger Elementary School has $800$ students. Every Wednesday, $12 \%$ of the students stay after school for Chess Club. How many students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays?

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Q. Challenger Elementary School has

800

students. Every Wednesday,

12 \%

of the students stay after school for Chess Club. How many students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays?

Convert to Decimal: Write $12\%$ as a decimal. $12\% = \frac{12}{100} = 0.12$
Identify Expression: We know: $\newline$ • Total number of students: $800$ $\newline$ • $12\%$ is equivalent to $0.12$ $\newline$ Identify the expression for the number of students attending Chess Club. $\newline$ Percent $\times$ Whole = Part $\newline$ Percent of students in Chess Club $\times$ Total number of students = Number of students in Chess Club $\newline$ $0.12 \times 800$ represents the number of students attending Chess Club.
Calculate Number: Calculate the number of students attending Chess Club. $\newline$ Number of students in Chess Club = $0.12 \times 800$ $\newline$ $0.12 \times 800 = 96$