Question

The enrollment at a school increased by 159% compared to the previous year. how many squares would be shaded on 10 x 10 grids to model this percent?

Answer 1

To represent a 159% increase on a 10 x 10 grid, you would need to shade 159 squares. However, since the grid contains only 100 squares, you could only shade 100 squares, showing that enrollment more than doubled.

Step-by-step explanation:

If a school's enrollment increased by 159%, we would visually represent this as 159% of a 100 square grid or 10 x 10 grid. Since each square on this grid represents 1%, to model 159% we would shade 159 squares. However, a 10 x 10 grid only contains 100 squares. Thus, in reality, we would need more than one 10 x 10 grid to fully represent a 159% increase. Considering we are limited to just one 10 x 10 grid, we can only shade all 100 squares to represent that the enrollment more than doubled compared to the previous year.