Mr. McGee found that six out of nine students in his class have sports to practice today based on the results how many of the 300 students in the school have practice today?

To determine how many of the 300 students in the school have practice today, we can set up a proportion based on the ratio of students in Mr. McGee's class.

In Mr. McGee's class, 6 out of 9 students have practice today. This ratio can be written as:

\[
\frac{6}{9}
\]

Now, we want to find out how many students out of 300 have practice today. Let \( x \) be the number of students who have practice. We can set up the proportion:

\[
\frac{6}{9} = \frac{x}{300}
\]

Now, solve for \( x \):

1. Cross-multiply:

\[
6 \times 300 = 9 \times x
\]

\[
1800 = 9x
\]

2. Divide both sides by 9:

\[
x = \frac{1800}{9} = 200
\]

So, 200 students out of 300 have practice today.

Would you like more details or have any other questions? Here are five related questions for further exploration:

1. What percentage of Mr. McGee's class has practice today?
2. If 80% of another class has practice today, how many out of 25 students would that be?
3. If the ratio of students practicing changes to 7 out of 9, how many in a school of 300 would have practice?
4. How many students in the school do not have practice based on your calculation?
5. How would the result change if the school had 500 students instead of 300?

**Tip:** Always simplify ratios when possible to make calculations easier.

Discover how to solve a proportion problem where 6 out of 9 students in a class have practice, and find out how many of the 300 students in the school are also practicing today. Learn to use ratio and cross-multiplication techniques, suitable for Grades 5-7.

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