Question 6 (Essay Worth 4 points)
(Percentages HC)
The table shows the levels of awards based on the amount of money raised for charity.
Gold Award 80%–100%
Silver Award 60%–79%
Bronze Award 1%–59%
Part A: Determine an amount of money less than $625 that you would like to raise for your favorite charity. If $625 is the goal, what percentage of the goal would you raise? Show each step of your work. (2 points)
Part B: Based on the percentage found in Part A, which award category on the table would your contributions fall into? Please explain your answer. (2 points)
Part A:
Let's say I want to raise $500 for my favorite charity.
To determine the percentage of the goal I would raise, I'll divide the amount I want to raise ($500) by the goal amount ($625) and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage.
Percentage = ($500 / $625) * 100
Percentage = 0.8 * 100
Percentage = 80%
So, if I raise $500, I would raise 80% of the goal amount.
Part B:
Based on the percentage of 80% found in Part A, my contributions would fall into the Gold Award category on the table.
This is because the Gold Award category is for raising 80% or more of the goal amount, and my contributions fall within that range.
Part A: To determine the percentage of the goal you would raise, you need to divide the amount of money you would like to raise by the goal amount of $625 and then multiply by 100%.
Let's say you would like to raise $400.
Step 1: Divide $400 by $625:
$400 ÷ $625 = 0.64
Step 2: Multiply the result by 100%:
0.64 × 100% = 64%
Therefore, if you raise $400 out of a $625 goal, you would raise 64% of the goal.
Part B: Based on the percentage found in Part A, your contributions would fall into the Silver Award category.
The Silver Award category is defined as contributions between 60% to 79% of the goal. Since you raised 64% of the goal, your contributions would fall into this range.
Therefore, your contributions would fall into the Silver Award category.