Question

Writing  The grid has 100 squares shaded either​ blue, red, or green. Each square represents 1 %. What percent of the grid represents the difference between the percent that is blue and the percent that is​ red? Use pencil and paper. Describe a situation that this grid could model.



The grid has 63 blue squares, 32 red squares, and 5 green squares.
Blue square
Red square
Green square
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enter your response here​% of the grid represents the difference between the percent that is blue and the percent that is red.

Answer 1

63% − 32% = 31%, so 31% of the grid represents the difference.

Example situation: a survey of 100 students about favorite color: 63 prefer blue, 32 prefer red, 5 prefer green. The difference between blue and red preferences is 31 students (31%).