Question

Five of the 25 girls on Alden Middle School’s soccer team are seventh-grade students. Find the percentage of seventh graders on the team. Show two different ways of solving for the answer. One of the methods must include a diagram or picture model.

Answer 1

Answer:

percentage of seventh graders on the team is 20%

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

total girl = 25

soccer team = 5

to find out

percentage of seventh graders on the team with two different way

solution

we first  make here a tape diagram

there in begin by divide the tape diagram into 5 equal  part

and Each part represent 5 girls

so divide the 100% into 5 equal sections as show in figure below

and

another way is

percentage of seventh graders on the team is = $\frac{5}{25}$ × 100%

percentage of seventh graders on the team is 20%