Bytelearn - cat image with glassesAI tutor

Welcome to Bytelearn!

Let’s check out your problem:

There are 25 students in Ms. Nguyen's second-grade class. In the class election, 4 students voted for Benjamin, 12 voted for Sahil, and 9 voted for Maria. What percent of the class voted for Maria?
(Ignore the % symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is 
11%, enter 11. .)

There are 2525 students in Ms. Nguyen's second-grade class. In the class election, 44 students voted for Benjamin, 1212 voted for Sahil, and 99 voted for Maria. What percent of the class voted for Maria?\newline(Ignore the \% symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is 11%11\%, enter 1111.)

Full solution

Q. There are 2525 students in Ms. Nguyen's second-grade class. In the class election, 44 students voted for Benjamin, 1212 voted for Sahil, and 99 voted for Maria. What percent of the class voted for Maria?\newline(Ignore the \% symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is 11%11\%, enter 1111.)
  1. Determine Votes for Maria: Determine the total number of votes for Maria. Maria received 99 votes.
  2. Total Students in Class: Determine the total number of students in the class.\newlineThere are 2525 students in the class.
  3. Calculate Percentage for Maria: Calculate the percentage of the class that voted for Maria.\newlineTo find the percentage, divide the number of votes Maria received by the total number of students and then multiply by 100100.\newlinePercentage for Maria = Number of votes for MariaTotal number of students×100\frac{\text{Number of votes for Maria}}{\text{Total number of students}} \times 100\newlinePercentage for Maria = 925×100\frac{9}{25} \times 100
  4. Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation.\newlinePercentage for Maria = (9/25)×100=0.36×100=36%(9 / 25) \times 100 = 0.36 \times 100 = 36\%