Question

A restaurant manager recorded the number of people in different age groups who attended their food festival. They created the

following histogram:
60
50
40
30
20
10-
0
0-19 20-39 40-59 60-79
Age Group (yr)
Food Festival Participants
What percentage of the participants are ages 40 to 59? Round to the nearest whole percent. 20%
35%
60%
100%

Answer 1

35%

Explanation:

1. Add all the participants that attended

20 - 0-19yrs

40 - 20-39yrs

60 - 40-59yrs

50 - 60-79yrs

170 total

2. Divide the age group 40 - 59 by the total amount of participants to get the answer.

60/170 = about .35 = 35%