Question

The table shows how many books the students in Bergdalsskolan list during the summer. There were 48 students who list 4 books. a) How many students had read 1 book? b) What percentage more read 2 books than 4 books?

Answer 1

Step 1:

First, find the total number of students.

Let the total number of students = m

Step 2:

Find the total number of students using the percentage of 4 books.

48 students listed 4 books with a percentage of 16%

$\begin{gathered} 48\text{ = 16\% of m} \\ 48\text{ = }\frac{16}{100}\text{ }\times\text{ m} \\ 48\text{ = }\frac{16m}{100} \\ \text{Cross multiply} \\ 16m\text{ = 48 }\times\text{ 100} \\ 16m\text{ = 4800} \\ \text{m = }\frac{4800}{16} \\ \text{m = 300} \end{gathered}$

Hence, there are 300 students.

a)

$\begin{gathered} \text{Number of students that had 1 book = 24\% of 300} \\ =\text{ }\frac{24}{100}\text{ }\times\text{ 300} \\ =\text{ }\frac{7200}{100} \\ =\text{ 72 students} \end{gathered}$

72 students had 1 book.

b) What percentage more read 2 books than 4 books?

percentage that read 2 books = 36%

percentage that read 4 books = 16%

36 - 16 = 20%

There are 20% students that read 2 books than 4 books.