Question

5. The following two-way table shows the number of students who voted for each of the two candidates for class president, by grade. Candidate Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Zoe 45 20 65 Alessandro 30 60 90 Total 75 80 155 How many more 8th graders voted for Alessandro than Zoe? 0 15 0 20 O 40 80 1 2 3 4

Answer 1

To find the number of 8 graders that voted for Allessandro than zoe,

Under 8 graders, pick the number that voted for zoe and then subtract from the number that voted fro Alessandro

That is;

60 - 20 = 40