Question
A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a play at a theater that has 3100seats. The students filled 1178 of the seats in the theater. What percentage of the seats in the theater were filled by the 6th graders on the trip?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out what percentage of the seats in the theater were filled by the 6th graders, you can use the formula for percentage:
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of seats filled}}{\text{Total number of seats}} \right) \times 100
\]
In this case, the number of seats filled by the students is 1178, and the total number of seats in the theater is 3100.
Now, plugging in the numbers:
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{1178}{3100} \right) \times 100
\]
Calculating the fraction:
\[
\frac{1178}{3100} \approx 0.38
\]
Now multiplying by 100 to get the percentage:
\[
0.38 \times 100 \approx 38.06
\]
Therefore, the percentage of the seats that were filled by the 6th graders is approximately **38.06%**.
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of seats filled}}{\text{Total number of seats}} \right) \times 100
\]
In this case, the number of seats filled by the students is 1178, and the total number of seats in the theater is 3100.
Now, plugging in the numbers:
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{1178}{3100} \right) \times 100
\]
Calculating the fraction:
\[
\frac{1178}{3100} \approx 0.38
\]
Now multiplying by 100 to get the percentage:
\[
0.38 \times 100 \approx 38.06
\]
Therefore, the percentage of the seats that were filled by the 6th graders is approximately **38.06%**.