Question 6 (Essay Worth 4 points)

Question

(Percentages HC)

The table shows the levels of awards based on the amount of money raised for charity.

Gold Award 80%–100%
Silver Award 60%–79%
Bronze Award 1%–59%

Part A: Determine an amount of money less than $625 that you would like to raise for your favorite charity. If $625 is the goal, what percentage of the goal would you raise? Show each step of your work. (2 points)

Part B: Based on the percentage found in Part A, which award category on the table would your contributions fall into? Please explain your answer. (2 points)

Answer 1

Part A:

Let's say I want to raise $500 for my favorite charity.

To determine the percentage of the goal I would raise, I'll divide the amount I want to raise ($500) by the goal amount ($625) and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage.

Percentage = ($500 / $625) * 100
Percentage = 0.8 * 100
Percentage = 80%

So, if I raise $500, I would raise 80% of the goal amount.

Part B:

Based on the percentage of 80% found in Part A, my contributions would fall into the Gold Award category on the table.

This is because the Gold Award category is for raising 80% or more of the goal amount, and my contributions fall within that range.