Question

25 out of the 1000 students at Salisbury Middle School were asked what their favorite activity was from last year’s PBIS Carnival. Here are the results:

dunking booth- 12

jousting- 8

human bowling- 5

Based on those results, how many of SMS’s 1000 students would you predict would say that the dunking booth was their favorite activity?

Answer 1

25 student 100%
12 dunking booth X%
X=12•100/25
X=48%

1000 students 100%
X students 48%
X=48•1000/100
X=480 students would say that the dunking booth was their favorite activity