Question

Teresa asked 12 students how many courses they have taken so far at her college. Here is the list of answers.22, 17, 11, 9, 21, 14, 19, 25, 5, 12, 7, 1600What is the percentage of these students who have taken fewer than 11 courses?E(%Х?

Answer 1

Step 1:

List all the number of courses

22 , 17 , 11 , 9 , 21 , 14 , 19 , 25 , 5, 12 , 7 , 16

Step 2

List number fewer than 11

9, 5, 7

Number of courses fewer than 11 = 3

Step 3:

The percentage of these students who have taken fewer than 11 courses

`\begin{gathered} =\text{ }(3)/(12)\text{ }*\text{ 100\%} \\ =\text{ }\frac{300\text{ \%}}{12} \\ =\text{ 25 \%} \end{gathered}`

Final answer

The percentage of these students who have taken fewer than 11 courses

= 25%