Problema Solution

out of every ten students, 7 ride the bus and 3 either get a ride or walk to school. if 70 sixth graders ride the bus, how many student are in the sixth grade?

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Let 'x' represent the number of students in sixth grade.

7 : 10 = 70 : x

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x = 100 students

There are 100 students in sixth grade.