The event coordinator asks you to determine how many students participated in the track-and-field day. The total number of students in seventh and eighth grade combined is 584; of them are seventh graders and of them are eighth graders. If of the seventh graders participated in track-and-field day and of the eighth graders participated, about how many total students participated? Describe the process you used to find your answer in 3-4 sentences.
Each team earns 1 point for each person who participated in the track-and-field day. Who wins the meet-the eighth graders or the seventh graders? Explain in 3-4 sentences.
To find the total number of students who participated, we can multiply the total number of seventh graders by the percentage who participated, and do the same for the eighth graders. Then, we can add the two numbers together to get the total number of participants. For example, if there are 200 seventh graders and 300 eighth graders, and 60% of seventh graders and 70% of eighth graders participated, the calculation would be (200 * 0.60) + (300 * 0.70).
To determine who wins the meet, we need to know the total number of points earned by each grade level in the track-and-field day. Since each participant earns 1 point, we can simply add up the total number of participants for each grade and compare the points. The grade level with the higher number of participants will win the meet.