Question

The math club at Emily's middle school has 40 members. Only 85% of the members attend Saturday meetings. Use the number line below to determine the number of members who attend Saturday's mee

Answer 1

Please see attached number line

The 85% corresponds with having 34 members in attending Saturday meetings

Explanation:

The number of members in the math club at Emily's middle school = 40

The percentage of members that attend Saturday meetings = 85%

Therefore, the number of members that attend Saturday meetings is given as follows;

85% of 40 = 0.85 × 40 = 34 members

Where we have a number line graduated in percentages, we get;

Percentage of members, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100

Number of members, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40

Therefore, the 85% corresponds with having 34 members in attending Saturday meetings

Answer 2

Answer: 34 members.

Explanation:

We have 40 members.

Only 85% of them attend the Saturday meetings.

If we have a set of N objects, and the x% of them can be calculated as:

(x%/100%)*N

Now, if we want to know the exact amount that attends the Saturday meetings, then we must compute:

(85%/100%)*40 = 0.85*40 = 34.