Question

In a poll of 300 preschoolers, 125 said they preferred chocolate ice cream, 71 said they preferred vanilla, 100 said they preferred cookies & cream, and 4 said they had never eaten ice cream. If a pie chart were to be made showing the preference for each flavor, the central angle for the chocolate ice cream sector would be:_________

Answer 1

Find the percentage of the people who like Chocolate = chocolate/ total x 100

Percentage = 125/300 = 0.41666 x 100 = 41.6667 = 41.67 ( round as needed)

A full circle is 360 degrees.

The central angle = percentage of chocolate x 360:

0.416666 x 360 = 150

The central angle for chocolate is 150 degrees