Question

In Martin's class of 20 students, 4 students report that social studies is their favorite class and 75% of the students report that PE is their favorite class. Show your work to explain how to determine whether more students prefer social studies or PE

Answer 1

"4 students report that social studies is their favorite"

so the social studies-favoring students can be written as

4/20 total students

compare this to 75% of students who say that PE is their favorite

any ideas how you would compare 4/20 to 75% and see which portion is bigger?

Answer 2

75% is a bigger portion because 4/20 as a percent is 20%

Answer 3

awesome, so that's it, you would explain how you found the fraction of students who preferred social studies, then explain how you converted 4/20 to a percentage, and compared which percentage was greater

that's pretty much it for the problem

Answer 4

ok, thank you