In a chorus, 32 people

Question

In a chorus, 32 people can read music and 24 cannot. what percent of the chorus can read music? 

Answer 1

Sara, 

For this problem, let's first determine how many total people are in the choir: 32 + 24 = 56

 

So the percent of people who can read music would be given by dividing 32 by 56.

 

32 / 56 = 0.57142857... let's convert this to a percent and then round to the nearest hundredth.

 

0.57142857 = 57.142857% which rounds to 57.14%

 

Hope this helps!