Question

A random survey of 75 seventh graders at Cedar Middle School showed that 37 of them do volunteer work. Use these results to predict the approximate number of students who do volunteer work out of the 500 seventh graders at the school. Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

247 students

Explanation:

37/75 = .49333...

so you multiply the 500 by .49333... and get

246.666

round up and get 247