Question

According to a current poll, 350 of the students at Palmer Middle School would like to have a homecoming dance. Express as a decimal, the fraction of students who DO NOT want to have a homecoming dance?

(a) 0.2
(b) 0.4
(c) 0.6
(d) 0.8

Answer 1

The fraction of students who do not want to have a homecoming dance can be represented as a decimal. The correct answer is option (d) 0.8.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is option (d) 0.8.

To find the fraction of students who do not want to have a homecoming dance, we subtract the fraction of students who want to have a homecoming dance from 1.

Given that 350 students want to have a homecoming dance, we can calculate the fraction of students who do not want to have a homecoming dance as follows:

Fraction of students who do not want to have a homecoming dance = 1 - (350 / total number of students)

Since the total number of students is not provided, we cannot calculate the exact fraction. However, we can analyze the answer choices to determine the closest option.

Option (a) 0.2 means that 20% of the students do not want to have a homecoming dance. This is less than the fraction calculated.

Option (b) 0.4 means that 40% of the students do not want to have a homecoming dance. This is less than the fraction calculated.

Option (c) 0.6 means that 60% of the students do not want to have a homecoming dance. This is less than the fraction calculated.

Option (d) 0.8 means that 80% of the students do not want to have a homecoming dance. This is greater than the fraction calculated.

Therefore, the closest option is option (d) 0.8, which represents the fraction of students who DO NOT want to have a homecoming dance.