A middle school band as 2/9

Question

2
9
as many band members as the high school band. The high school band has 502 members. About how many members are in the middle school band?

Answer 1

To find the number of members in the middle school band, you can multiply the number of high school band members by the fraction representing the middle school band members.

Given:

• High school band members = 502
• Middle school band members = \( \frac{2}{9} \) of high school band members

Now calculate \( \frac{2}{9} \) of 502:

\[ \text{Middle school band members} = \frac{2}{9} \times 502 \]

First, calculate \( 502 \div 9 \):

\[ 502 \div 9 \approx 55.78 \]

Now, multiply by 2:

\[ \frac{2}{9} \times 502 \approx 2 \times 55.78 \approx 111.56 \]

Since the number of members must be a whole number, you can round this to the nearest whole number:

\[ \approx 112 \]

Thus, the middle school band has approximately 112 members.