30% of the graduating class of North College received immediate job offers. If there were 650 graduating students, how many students received job offers?
For the problem above, The unknown element is called the Portion. The formula for finding the portion is
Portion = Rate X Base

Question

30% of the graduating class of North College received immediate job offers. If ​there were 650 graduating students, how many students received job offers?
​For the problem above, The unknown element is called the Portion. The formula for finding the portion is
​Portion = Rate X Base

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The unknown element, which is the number of students who received job offers, is indeed called the "Portion" in this context. The formula "Portion = Rate X Base" is correctly used to find this unknown, where the "Rate" is the percentage (30% in this case) and the "Base" is the total number of graduating students (650).

30% of the Graduating Class of North College Received Immediate