a middle school band as 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 out how many members are in the middle school band, you can use the ratio provided—2/9 of the high school band members.

First, find out how many members are in the middle school band using the number of high school band members:

\[ \text{Middle School Band Members} = \frac{2}{9} \times \text{High School Band Members} \] \[ \text{Middle School Band Members} = \frac{2}{9} \times 502 \]

Now calculate this step-by-step:

1. First, compute \(502 \div 9\): \[ 502 \div 9 \approx 55.778 \]

2. Then multiply by 2: \[ 55.778 \times 2 \approx 111.556 \]

Thus, rounding to the nearest whole number, the middle school band has approximately 112 members.