Question

Set up and solve a proportion to solve the problem.



Mr. Green works as the art teacher at Hamburg Summer Day Camp. Every day
600
600 campers participate in the camp. Yesterday Mr. Green helped
6
6 campers on an art project. What percent of the campers did Mr. Green help yesterday?

Answer 1

To find out what percent of the campers Mr. Green helped, we can set up a proportion.

We know that:
- The number of campers is 600.
- The number of campers Mr. Green helped is 6.

We want to find the percentage of campers Mr. Green helped. We can express this as:

\[
\frac{\text{Number of campers helped}}{\text{Total number of campers}} = \frac{6}{600}
\]

To find the percentage, we can set up the equation:

\[
\frac{6}{600} = \frac{x}{100}
\]

where \( x \) is the percentage we want to find.

Now, we can cross-multiply to solve for \( x \):

\[
6 \times 100 = 600 \times x
\]

\[
600 = 600x
\]

Next, divide both sides by 600:

\[
x = \frac{600}{600}
\]

\[
x = 1
\]

Thus, Mr. Green helped 1% of the campers yesterday.

So, the final answer is:
**Mr. Green helped 1% of the campers yesterday.**