Question

am i ready?
for exercises 1 and 2, use the information to answer the questions.
the 250 students at rebekah’s middle school were asked about the careers that interest them.

1. out of all the students, 40% were interested in engineering. how many students at rebekah’s school were interested in engineering?

Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

$40\% = 0.4$

Step2: Calculate number of students

$250 \times 0.4 = 100$

Answer:

100