Take 1 m³ of slurry. Sand mass is 0.35×2600=910 kg; water mass is 0.65×1000=650 kg. Sand mass fraction is 910/(910+650)=0.583333. Thus 58.3% by mass, which exceeds the volume percentage because sand is denser than water.
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