Landry took a survey of all the sixth-grade students at Irvine Park Middle School and discovered that 35% of sixth-graders play sports.
What fraction of sixth-graders play sports?
Responses
A) 7/20
B) 35/50
C) 3/5
D) 7/8
answer correctly
The correct answer is A) 7/20.
To convert a percentage to a fraction, you need to divide the percentage by 100.
In this case, 35% is equal to 35/100, which can be simplified to 7/20.
To find the fraction of sixth-graders who play sports, we need to convert the percentage to a fraction. The fraction is obtained by dividing the percentage by 100.
Therefore, 35% can be written as the fraction 35/100.
This fraction can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5, which gives us 7/20.
Thus, the correct answer is A) 7/20.
To find the fraction of sixth-graders who play sports, we need to express the percentage as a fraction. To do this, we can divide the percentage by 100.
So, 35% can be expressed as 35/100.
Now, let's simplify this fraction. Both the numerator and the denominator are divisible by 5. So, we can divide both by 5 to get 7/20.
Therefore, the correct answer is A) 7/20.