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In 2013/14, there were 2,678 school children in year 6 in Nottingham. 624 of these children were
classed as obese.
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What percentage of the total number of year 6 children in Nottingham are obese?
(Give your answer to the nearest whole number.)

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Answer:

23% of the total number of year 6 children in Nottingham are obese

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the percentage of children classed as obese, we:

Multiply the number of obese children by 100, and divide by the total number of children.

We have that:

There were 2678 school children, of which 624 were classified as obese. So

[tex]P = \frac{624*100}{2678} = 23.3[/tex]

Giving the answer to the nearest whole number, 23% of the total number of year 6 children in Nottingham are obese