Question

A school will have a fall festival if at least 40% of the 500 students plan to attend. How many students must agree to attend in order for the school to have the festival?

Answer 1

200 students must agree to attend in order for the school to have the festival.

Explanation:

200 is 40% of 500. We can also use fractions to figure this out.

`(40)/(100) =(x)/(500)`

For 100 to become 500 it must be multiplied by 5. And whatever we do to the denominator we have to do to the numerator. So we multiply 40 × 5 = x

x = 200

`(40*5)/(100*5) = (x)/(500)`

`(40)/(100) =(200)/(500)`