A middle school band as 2/9
as many band members as the high school band. The high school band has 502 members. About how many members are in the middle school band?
To find the number of members in the middle school band, we need to multiply the number of members in the high school band by the fraction representing the ratio of middle school band members to high school band members: 2/9 * 502 = 111.33333. Rounded to the nearest whole number, there are about 111 members in the middle school band.
To find the number of members in the middle school band, we can set up a proportion:
High school band members / Middle school band members = 502 / (2/9)
To solve this, we need to find the reciprocal of 2/9 and multiply it by 502:
(9/2) * 502 = (9 * 502) / 2 = 4,509 / 2 = 2,254.5
Therefore, there are about 2,254.5 members in the middle school band. Since it is not possible to have a fraction of a person, we would round it to the nearest whole number. So, there are about 2,255 members in the middle school band.