Question

Myla is the editor of her school's newspaper. She wants 25% of the articles in the next edition of the paper to be about her school's sports teams. If there are 20 articles in the next edition of the paper, how many of those articles should be about the school's sports teams?​

a. 10 articles
b. 20 articles
c. 45 articles
d. None

Answer 1

Myla should ensure that 5 articles in the next edition of the school newspaper are about the school's sports teams.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many articles should be about the school's sports teams, we can calculate 25% of the total number of articles in the next edition of the school newspaper, which is 20 articles.

Here's how to do the calculation:

1. Convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100. So, 25% becomes 0.25.
2. Multiply the total number of articles (20) by the decimal to find the number of articles about sports teams.
3. 20 articles × 0.25 = 5 articles.

So, Myla should ensure that 5 articles in the next edition of the newspaper are about the school's sports teams.

The correct answer from the choices is: a. 5 articles.