Set up and solve a proportion to solve the problem.

Mr. Green works as the art teacher at Hamburg Summer Day Camp. Every day
600
600 campers participate in the camp. Yesterday Mr. Green helped
6
6 campers on an art project. What percent of the campers did Mr. Green help yesterday?

1 answer

To find out what percent of the campers Mr. Green helped, we can set up a proportion.

We know that:

  • The number of campers is 600.
  • The number of campers Mr. Green helped is 6.

We want to find the percentage of campers Mr. Green helped. We can express this as:

\[ \frac{\text{Number of campers helped}}{\text{Total number of campers}} = \frac{6}{600} \]

To find the percentage, we can set up the equation:

\[ \frac{6}{600} = \frac{x}{100} \]

where \( x \) is the percentage we want to find.

Now, we can cross-multiply to solve for \( x \):

\[ 6 \times 100 = 600 \times x \]

\[ 600 = 600x \]

Next, divide both sides by 600:

\[ x = \frac{600}{600} \]

\[ x = 1 \]

Thus, Mr. Green helped 1% of the campers yesterday.

So, the final answer is: Mr. Green helped 1% of the campers yesterday.