Question

Jared's bus is late to school 20% of the time. If the bus transports students 20 days in march, how many days is the bus late march?

Answer 1

The bus is late 4 times in March.

Explanation:

Solving this problem is very easy, using this formula:

20(0.2) = times late in March

(The 0.2 is the decimal form of 20%)

This is equal to 4, the times in March when the bus was late.

Answer 2

The bus is late in March 4 days if the bus transports students 20 days in March

How many days is the bus late march?

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

Proportion of lateness = 20%

Total number of days = 20

Using the above as a guide, we have the following:

Total number of days late in March = Total number of days * Proportion of lateness

Substitute the known values into the equation

Total number of days late in March = 20% * 20

Evaluate

Total number of days late in March = 4

Hence, the bus is late in March 4 days