The table shows the results of a survey to choose a new school mascot.

Question

A 2-column table with 4 rows titled What should be the new school mascot question mark. Column 1 has entries cougar, eagle, falcon, panther. Column 2 has entries 10 percent, 15 percent, 50 percent, 25 percent.

Four hundred students participated in the survey. Which expression would you use to find how many students voted for the cougar?

400 ÷ 2
400 ÷ 4
400 ÷ 5
400 ÷ 10

Answer 1

To find how many students voted for the cougar, you need to calculate 10% of the total number of students who participated in the survey. Since 10% can be expressed as the fraction \( \frac{10}{100} \), you can also express it as \( \frac{1}{10} \).

To calculate the number of students who voted for the cougar, you would use the expression:

\[ 400 \times 0.10 \]

or equivalently:

\[ 400 \div 10 \]

Thus, the correct expression to find how many students voted for the cougar would be:

400 ÷ 10.