Question

42 students were surveyed on their favorite subject. Out of those 42, 23% of them chose math. If there are 580 students in the whole school, about how many students in the whole school like math? Please leave an explanation as to how you got the answer.

Answer 1

133

Explanation:

divide 23 by 100 to get 0.23

then:

0.23 x 580 (no of students in whole school)=133.4

round to nearest whole number as we are working with people to get:

around 133 students in the whole school like math

hope that helped :)

Answer 2

About 133 students consider math as their favorite.

Explanation:

You take the 23% and multiply it by the total number of kids which is 580, this gives you the equation 0.23×580 which gives you 133.4.