Question

At the beginning of the school year, 70 students signed up for music lessons. Students could choose drums, guitar, piano, or violin. The results are shown in the table. Which is a true statement about this situation?
Instrument Boys Girls

Drums 11 6

Guitar 6 8

Piano 9 15

Violin 4 11

A.

About 28% of students signed up for violin lessons.


B.

About 17% of students signed up for drum lessons.


C.

A greater percent of boys are taking piano lessons than girls.


D.

The same percent of boys and girls are taking guitar lessons.

Answer 1

Answer:

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Answer A:

15 students signed up for violin lessons (4 boys + 11 girls)

15 / 70 = approx. 21% of the class.

Answer A says 28%, so this is incorrect.

2. Answer B:

17 students signed up for drum lessons (11 boys + 6 girls)

17/70 = approx. 24%

B says 17% signed up for drums, so this is incorrect.

3. Answer C.

Wrong because more girls signed up for piano lessons (15 girls, whereas only 9 boys signed up for piano)

4. D. The same percent of boys and girls are taking guitar lessons.

Get the total number of boys and girls in the class (just add the results for each separately for all instruments)

Boys: 11 + 6 + 9 + 4 = 30

Girls: 6+8+15+11 = 40

6 out of 30 boys signed up for guitar

6/30= 20%

8 out of 40 girls signed up for guitar

8/40 = 20%

Answer is D

Answer 2

I’m pretty sure the answer is D.