What argument might the principal at East present to the sponsors to convince then to give the award to her?

Question

Marathon City held a walkathon to raise money for charity.Of the 500 students at East Middle School,200 participated in the walkathon. At West Middle School, 150 of the 325 students participated.The sponsors of the walkathon plan to give an award to the middle school with the greater participation.

Answer 1

Hi Raisy,

 

Find the percentage of students who participate in each Middle School

 

East  Middle School Participants =(200/500)*100 = 40%

 

West Middle School Participants =(150/325)*100 =46.2%

 

The argument will be that even though West Middle School has higher participation, East Middle School has more students who participate relative to the number of students in West Middle School.