Marcella read 100 books over the school year. 60 of the books were mysteries. She said the mysteries equal 0.06 of the total books. Is she correct?
Explain your thinking and describe a model that could be used to help support your explanation.
(2 points)
No, Marcella is not correct in saying that the mysteries equal 0.06 of the total books. To find the percentage of mysteries out of the total books, we need to divide the number of mystery books by the total number of books.
60 mystery books / 100 total books = 0.6 or 60%
Therefore, the mysteries make up 60% of the total books, not 0.06%.
To support this explanation, we can create a simple model using a pie chart. We can divide the circle into two sections, one representing the mystery books (60%) and the other representing non-mystery books (40%). This visual representation clearly shows that the mysteries make up a much larger percentage of the total books than 0.06%.