im in sixth grade and im confused with this question.there are 44,000 people living in salem.(16,000~workers :2,000~preschoolers : 13,000~students : 4,000~retirees : 8,000~homemakers : 1,000~unemployed)
*what fraction of the population has jobs outside home?
16,000 / 44,000 = 0.03636 = 36%
FRACTION-> 9/25
Oops -- I need to read more carefully!
Fraction:
16,000 / 44,000 = 16/44 = 8/22 = 4/11
5000
To find the fraction of the population that has jobs outside the home, we need to calculate the ratio of the number of workers to the total population.
In this case, the number of workers is given as 16,000, while the total population in Salem is given as 44,000. To find the fraction, we can write it as a ratio:
Fraction of population with jobs = Number of workers / Total population
Fraction of population with jobs = 16,000 / 44,000
To simplify this fraction, you can divide both the numerator and the denominator by the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the two numbers, which is 4,000:
Fraction of population with jobs = 16,000 / 4,000 / 44,000 / 4,000
Simplifying further:
Fraction of population with jobs = 4 / 11
Therefore, the fraction of the population that has jobs outside the home is 4/11.