Question

topic 1 proportional relationships
b. set up and solve a proportion to solve each p

1. mr. sanchez works as the art teacher at a

summer day camp. six hundred campers
participate in the camp every day.
yesterday, mr. sanchez helped 6 campers
on an art project. what percent of the
campers did mr. sanchez help yesterday?

Explanation:

Step1: Recall percentage formula

The formula for percentage is $\text{Percentage} = \frac{\text{Part}}{\text{Whole}} \times 100\%$. Here, the part is the number of campers Mr. Sanchez helped (6), and the whole is the total number of campers (600).

Step2: Substitute values into formula

Substitute Part = 6 and Whole = 600 into the formula: $\text{Percentage} = \frac{6}{600} \times 100\%$.

Step3: Simplify the fraction

Simplify $\frac{6}{600}$ to $\frac{1}{100}$ (by dividing numerator and denominator by 6). Then $\frac{1}{100} \times 100\% = 1\%$.

Answer:

1%