Angel asked 100 random 7th grade students at lunch what their favorite pizza topping was. The table below records the data Angel collected.

12 chose olives 34 chose pepperoni 26 chose pineapple and 28 chose sausage



If there are 450 7th graders in the school, approximately how many 7th graders could Angel predict would choose pepperoni at their favorite pizza topping?

(2 points)
Responses

100
100

153
153

243
243

350
350

1 answer

To predict how many 7th graders would choose pepperoni as their favorite pizza topping, we can use the proportion of students who chose pepperoni in Angel's survey.

Angel asked 100 students, and 34 of them chose pepperoni. The proportion of students who chose pepperoni is:

\[ \frac{34}{100} = 0.34 \]

Now, we can use this proportion to estimate how many 7th graders out of the entire school of 450 would choose pepperoni:

\[ 0.34 \times 450 = 153 \]

Therefore, Angel could predict that approximately 153 7th graders would choose pepperoni as their favorite pizza topping.