Question

Mara surveyed her class of 30 students on their favorite genres of books to read. Her results are shown below. 7 liked mystery. There are 500 students at Mara’s school. Based on this sample, about how many students at Mara’s school MOST LIKELY favor mystery?

A. 35
B. 71
C. 117
D. 210

Answer 1

117

Explanation:

7/30 like mystery

into a decimal this is 0.2333

times this by 500 and you get 116.65

which rounds to 117