The information in the table is the result of a survey rating the food in the school cafeteria.

Question

A 2-column table with 4 rows titled how do you rate the school cafeteria question mark. Column 1 has entries excellent, good, fair, poor. Column 2 has entries 5 percent, 15 percent, 55 percent, 25 percent.

If 1,200 students participated in the survey, how many rated the cafeteria food “poor”?
200 students
300 students
400 students
600 students

Answer 1

To find out how many students rated the cafeteria food "poor," we can use the percentage given for that category.

According to the table, 25% of the students rated the cafeteria food as "poor."

First, we need to calculate how many students this percentage represents out of 1,200 total students.

\[ \text{Number of students who rated "poor"} = \text{Total students} \times \left(\frac{\text{Percentage}}{100}\right) \] \[ \text{Number of students who rated "poor"} = 1,200 \times \left(\frac{25}{100}\right) = 1,200 \times 0.25 = 300 \]

So, the number of students who rated the cafeteria food "poor" is 300 students.