Question

If 100 students surveyed, 25 said they would vote for Jen for class president. If 2,000 students voted in the school's election, about how many votes should Jen receive?

A 25
B 100
C 500
D 1,900​

Answer 1

C.

The reason is because only a quarter of 100 said they'd vote which is found by doing 25/100 = 1/4 or 25% or .25 (all mean the same)

Apply that to 2000 by doing 2000 x 1/4 (or .25) and it should be 2000 x 1/4 = 500

Answer 2

500 Votes

Explanation:

25/100 = 0.25

500/2000 = 0.25

Therefore 500 students would vote for Jen.