Question

Which is higher, the percentage of boys who prefer green or the percentage of girls who prefer red? What is the percentage? Round your answers to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

B. At 36%, the percentage of girls who prefer red is higher.

Explanation:

• In order to determine which percentage is higher, we'll need to find both the percentage of boys who prefer green and the percentage of girls who prefer red.

Finding the percentage of boys who prefer green:

Step 1: Divide the number of boys who prefer green by the total number of boys surveyed:

To determine the percentage of boys who prefer green, we first need to find the quotient of the number of boys who prefer green and the total number of boys:

5 / (2 + 4 + 4 + 5)

5/15

1/3

Step 2: Multiply the quotient from Step 1 (i.e., 1/3) to determine the percentage of boys who prefer green:

Now we can find the percentage of boys who prefer green by multiplying 1/3 by 100:

(1/3) * 100

100/3

33.333

33

Thus, about 33% of boys prefer green.

Finding the percentage of girls who prefer red:

Step 1: Divide the number of girls who prefer red by the total number of girls surveyed:

To determine the percentage of girls who prefer red, we'll first need to find the quotient of the number of girls who prefer red and the total number of girls:

4 / (4 + 3 + 1 + 3)

4/11

Step 2: Multiply the quotient from Step 1 (i.e., 4/11) by 100 to determine the percentage of girls who prefer red:

Now we can multiply 4/11 by 100 to find the percentage of girls who prefer red:

(4/11) * 100

400/11

36.363

36

Thus, about 36% of girls prefer red, which also means this is the higher percentage than the 33% of boys who prefer green.