A survey at a local school showed that 38% of the students chose chocolate ice cream as their favorite ice cream. Eight hundred students took the survey. How many chose chocolate ice cream?
38/100=x/800
set it up as a proportion so you cross multiply and get (38)(800)=100x
30400=100x
soooo 304 kids like chocolate
To find out how many students chose chocolate ice cream, we can start by calculating 38% of the total number of students who took the survey.
Step 1: Convert the percentage into a decimal.
38% = 38/100 = 0.38
Step 2: Multiply the decimal by the total number of students.
0.38 * 800 = 304
Therefore, 304 students chose chocolate ice cream as their favorite.