12 students
Explanation
when you have 8% , it means 8 of every 100 students are absent
find the decimal form
[tex]8\text{ \% = }\frac{8}{100}=0.08[/tex]then, to find the 8% of any number, just multiply the number by 0.08
Step 1
If there are 150 students in the school, how many are absent?
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{absent}=\text{total}\cdot0.08 \\ \text{absent}=150\cdot0.08 \\ \text{absent}=12 \end{gathered}[/tex]so, 12 students are absent