Question

The United States Air Force has 19 women for every 81 men enlisted. If a squadron has 250 members, approximately how many are women?

Answer 1

There are 19 women for every 100 members (19 women +81 men). So you would use a calculator to divide 19 by 100, which could might be able to do in your head, and you’ll get 0.19. Now multiply that by 250 and you’ll get 47.5. Since it says approximately and you can’t have half a person, round up to 48.

Answer 2

Approximately 76
You take (250 - 81 =169)=19 so you keep doing that until you run out of members