Question

The sixth-graders at Ayana's school got to choose between a field trip to a museum and a field trip to a factory. 39 sixth-graders picked the museum. If there are 50 sixth-graders in all at Ayana's school, what percentage of the sixth-graders picked the museum?

Answer 1

78% of sixth-graders picked a field trip to a museum.

Explanation:

39 out of 50 kids picked the museum field trip. This is 39/50. We can change this like so:

39/50 × 2/2

= 78/100

78/100 is 78% (because percent literally means "per hundred)

Another way is to just divide. 39/50 means 39 ÷ 50.

39 ÷ 50 is .78 then times by 100 to change to a percent. This works for all kinds of fractions.

78% of sixth graders at Ayana's school selected the museum field trip.

Answer 2

As a fraction this is 39/50
So the ANSWER IS 78%