Question

Of 10 students surveyed in school,7 picked summer as their favorite season.If the school has 350 students,how many can be expected to prefer summer

Answer 1

245

Explanation:

This is a ratio

7/10 = 70% = the kids who picked summer which leaves off as 30% for an unknown season

7 : 10

245 : 350

The 7 is how many students chose summer, and the 10 is the number of students there are in general

The 245 is the number of students who chose summer, and the 350 is the number of students there are in general

All we had to do was see how many times 10 goes into 350, which is 35 times. So we multiply 10 by 35 and we get 350. Now whatever we do on one side, we need to do it to the other. So 7 times 35 gives us 245. And that's how I know that out of the 350 students there are in total, 245 of them chose summer.

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