Question

A total of $300,000 in school funds is to be distributed to four middle schools using proportional apportionment. The number of kids in each school is shown in the following table. What percentage of the funds should go to West Middle?

Answer 1

The percentage that the west middle school should get is 22.5%. Option C

What is percentage?

A percentage is a division or portion of a whole given in terms of 100. It is commonly represented by the symbol "%". The word "percent" is derived from the Latin per centum, which implies "by the hundred." Percentages are used to describe relative values, ratios, and proportions. In mathematics, a percentage is calculated by dividing a fraction by the whole and then multiplying the result by 100.

We know that;

Total number of the students = 400 + 650 + 500 + 450

= 2000

Then;

450/2000 * 100/1

= 22.5%