20% of 6th grade students surveyed said they rode a bike to school. If 50 students said they rode a bike to school, A: How many total students were surveyed? B: How many students DO NOT ride a bike to school?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the statement:
20% of 6th grade students surveyed said they rode a bike to school, which is a total of 50 students.
A. Determine how many students were surveyed.
B. Determine how many students do not ride a bike to school.
Solution:
In order to determine the total number of students, we must convert first 20% into decimal. In converting a percentage into decimal, we divide the percentage by 100, hence in converting a decimal to percentage we multiply it by 100.
=20/100
= 0.2
Now that we have the value of 20% in decimal form, we will divide it to 50
= 50 / 0.2
= 250
A. The total number of students that were surveyed is 250.
In order to determine how many students do not ride a bike to school, we subtract 50 to 250.
= 250 - 50
= 200
B. 200 students do not ride a bike to school.