Question
Darren, who just won the election for student body president at Dover Middle School, tallied how many votes he received from each grade.
Seventh grade
35%
Eighth grade
35%
Sixth grade
30%
Vote breakdown
If Darren received 240 votes, how many of them were from the eighth grade?
Seventh grade
35%
Eighth grade
35%
Sixth grade
30%
Vote breakdown
If Darren received 240 votes, how many of them were from the eighth grade?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many votes Darren received from the eighth grade, we can use the percentage of total votes he received from that grade.
Darren received 35% of his total votes from the eighth grade. Since he received a total of 240 votes, we can calculate the number of votes from the eighth grade as follows:
\[
\text{Votes from eighth grade} = \text{Total votes} \times \text{Percentage from eighth grade}
\]
Substituting the known values:
\[
\text{Votes from eighth grade} = 240 \times 0.35
\]
Now, calculate the result:
\[
\text{Votes from eighth grade} = 240 \times 0.35 = 84
\]
Therefore, Darren received **84 votes** from the eighth grade.
Darren received 35% of his total votes from the eighth grade. Since he received a total of 240 votes, we can calculate the number of votes from the eighth grade as follows:
\[
\text{Votes from eighth grade} = \text{Total votes} \times \text{Percentage from eighth grade}
\]
Substituting the known values:
\[
\text{Votes from eighth grade} = 240 \times 0.35
\]
Now, calculate the result:
\[
\text{Votes from eighth grade} = 240 \times 0.35 = 84
\]
Therefore, Darren received **84 votes** from the eighth grade.