Question

Celina surveyed 60 students at her school and found that 0.75 of the students she surveyed said their favorite class is math. Another 35% of the students she surveyed reported that their favorite class is science. How many more students in the survey prefer math over science?

15
21
24
45

Answer 1

# prefering math: 0.75(60) = 45
# prefering science: 0.35(60) = 21

(45-21), or 24, more students prefer math over science.