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The students in Connor's grade voted to select a guest speaker. $90\%$ of the students voted for a famous athlete. If there are $90$ students in Connor's grade, how many students voted for the athlete? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_\_$ students

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Q. The students in Connor's grade voted to select a guest speaker.

90\%

of the students voted for a famous athlete. If there are

90

students in Connor's grade, how many students voted for the athlete?

\newline

\_\_\_\_\_

students

Convert to decimal: Step $1$ : Convert $90\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $90\% = \frac{90}{100} = 0.90$
Calculate number of students: Step $2$ : Calculate the number of students who voted for the athlete. $\newline$ Total students = $90$ $\newline$ Percentage who voted for athlete = $0.90$ $\newline$ Number of students who voted for athlete = $0.90 \times 90$
Perform multiplication: Step $3$ : Perform the multiplication to find the final answer. $0.90 \times 90 = 81$

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