The student council at Cold Creek Middle School surveyed some seventh graders and eighth graders to see if they would prefer to have a BBQ or a dance to celebrate the end of the school year. This table shows the results.

Question

BBQ Dance Total
Seventh graders 9 21 30
Eighth graders 15 30 45
Total 24 51 75
Use the table to complete the sentence.
More students would prefer to have a
because
of students surveyed would prefer to have a BBQ and
of students surveyed would prefer to have a dance.

Answer 1

More students would prefer to have a dance because 51 of students surveyed would prefer to have a BBQ and 24 of students surveyed would prefer to have a dance.