Question

in a concert hall, 250 seats out of 300 were occupied. to the nearest thousand, what part of the hall was not occupied?

Answer 1

Answer: 0.167 is the part of the hall that was not occupied. Or 16.7 %

Explanation:

300-250=50 this is the number of seats not occupied since 250 is the amount occupied.

So, 50/300=5/30 which can be converted to a number which is 0.1666666667. It says to round to the thousandths place, which is the 3rd number. That is 0.167

Answer 2

0.167 part of the hall was not occupied

Explanation:

Given :In a concert hall, 250 seats out of 300 were occupied.

To Find :To the nearest thousand, what part of the hall was not occupied?

Solution:

Total seats = 300

Occupied seats = 250

Unoccupied seats = 300-250 = 50

So, The part of the hall was not occupied =
`\frac{\text{unoccupied seats}}{\text{total seats}}`

=
`(50)/(300)`

=
`0.167`

Hence 0.167 part of the hall was not occupied