Question

Five of the 25 girls on Buhl Middle School's basketball team are 7th- grade students. Find the percentage of 7th graders on the team.

Answer 1

Answer: 20%

Explanation:

given data

total girl = 25

soccer team = 5

to find out

percentage of seventh graders on the team with two different way

solution

we first make here a tape diagram

there in begin by divide the tape diagram into 5 equal part

and Each part represent 5 girls

so divide the 100% into 5 equal sections as show in figure below

and

another way is

percentage of seventh graders on the team is = 5/25 × 100%

percentage of seventh graders on the team is 20%