Question

In Sally's town there are 1,050 people that can vote.....Not everyone did vote though :( The two candidates running were Ms. Smith who had 462 votes and Mr. Jones who had 378 votes What PERCENTAGE of the 1,050 people actually voteD?

Answer 1

Greetings!

To start off, to find the total amount of people who voted you need to add the two values, 378 and 462.

378 + 462 = 840

To find the percentage of voters, you divide the actual amount by the predicted amount:

840 ÷ 1050 = 0.8

Then simply multiply by 100 to get the percentage:

0.8 x 100 = 80

So the percentage of people who voted was 80%!

Hope this helps!