Leah found that 25% of the students in her class prefer ice cream for dessert. if there are 24 students in her class, how many perfer ice cream as dessert?

1.       Leah found that 25% of the students in her class prefer ice cream for dessert
=> Now, if she has 24 students in her class. Let’s find out how many of her students prefer ice cream for dessert.
=> 24 students = is the 100% of the number of student.
Now, 25% of it preferred ice cream as dessert. Lets solve
=> 25% / 100% = .25
Now, multiply this decimal with the value of our 100%
=> 24 * .25
=> 6, thus 6 of her students prefer ice cream for dessert.