Question

2 Sarah sees this poster about results of a survey about favourite meals in the school canteen. Favourite meals of 180 students She decides to write a comment about the results on social media.

How many students chose fish as their favourite meal?
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Answer 1

The 52.2 students chose fish as their favorite meal.

Calculating the Number of Students who Chose Fish

Given:

Total number of students = 180

Percentage of students who chose fish = 29%

Steps:

Convert the percentage to a decimal: 29% = 29/100 = 0.29

Multiply the percentage by the total number of students: 0.29 * 180 = 52.2

Therefore, 52.2 students chose fish as their favourite meal.

Note: As the number of students cannot be a fraction, we should round the answer to the nearest whole number. In this case, the decimal part is 0.2, which is less than 0.5, so we round down to 52 students.