Question

At Jefferson High school there are 250 students who drive to school and 375 students who ride the bus to school. The number of students who drive to school is blank% of the number of students who ride the bus to school.

Answer 1

Answer: 40% drive and 60% take the bus.

Explanation:

We will divide the number of students who drive to school by the total number of students, and then multiply by 100 to turn it into a percentage.

`\displaystyle (250)/(250+375) *100= 40\%`

Next, we will divide the number of students who ride the bus to school by the number of students who ride the bus, and then multiply by 100 to turn it into a percentage.

`\displaystyle (375)/(250+375) *100= 60\%`