Question

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?

Answer 1

To find the fraction of sixth-graders that play sports, we need to express the percentage as a fraction.

Since 35% can be written as 35/100, we have:

Fraction of sixth-graders that play sports = 35/100

This can be simplified further by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5:

Fraction of sixth-graders that play sports = 7/20

So, 7/20 of sixth-graders play sports.