In Mr. Everett's first-period class, 18 of 25 students passed the last test. In his second period, 17 of 23 passed. Use the percents to conclude which class did better. Show all work.
18/25 = ???
17/23 = ????
After you find the two decimals numbers multiply by 100 and find which percent is greater
To compare which class did better, let's first calculate the percentage of students who passed the test in each class.
In Mr. Everett's first-period class, 18 out of 25 students passed the test. To find the percentage, we use the formula:
Percentage = (Number of students passed / Total number of students) * 100
Percentage = (18 / 25) * 100
Percentage = 0.72 * 100
Percentage = 72%
So, in Mr. Everett's first-period class, 72% of the students passed the test.
Now, let's calculate the percentage for the second period. In the second period, 17 out of 23 students passed the test. Using the same formula, we have:
Percentage = (Number of students passed / Total number of students) * 100
Percentage = (17 / 23) * 100
Percentage = 0.74 * 100
Percentage = 74%
Therefore, in Mr. Everett's second-period class, 74% of the students passed the test.
Comparing the percentages, we see that the second period had a higher percentage of students who passed the test (74%) compared to the first period (72%). Therefore, the second period performed better in terms of the percentage of students who passed the test.