Room 16’s Favorite After School Snacks

Only 4 students said their favorite snack was cookies Only 4 students said their favorite snack was cookies. Let’s do the math . . . . . If there are 33 students in the entire class, and 4 of them eat cookies, that gives us the fraction: Now, convert this fraction into a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator . . Or round to 12% 4 33 4 divided by 33 = 0.121212121212 . . . .

So this time, you divide 6 by 33 to get Make this into a fraction. Remember the fraction . . means 6 out of 33 6 33 So this time, you divide 6 by 33 to get 0.18181818181818 . . . . or 18%, when rounded. . . . while only 6 of you said you snacked on granola bars. (You guys don’t know what you’re missing!)

. . . tsk tsk. Only 3 of you are eating fruit as a snack after school. That means only 3 out 33! You know this will be a small percentage! Now, convert this fraction into a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator . . Only 9% ! 3 33 3 divided by 33 = 0.090909 . . . .

This comes as no surprise This comes as no surprise! 14 students in our class eat cookies as a snack after school! This gives us our biggest fraction, because there are so many students within this category: Remember to convert this fraction into a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator . . Or round to a whopping 42% ! 14 33 4 divided by 33 = 0.42424242 . . . .

Our last category is “other” Our last category is “other”. This means any thing else you guys are eating that doesn’t fit into the other categories . . . . . If there are 33 students in the entire class, and 4 of them eat cookies, that gives us the fraction: Once more, convert this fraction into a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator . . Or round to 18% 6 33 4 divided by 33 = 0.1818181818 . . . .

Using a pie chart, this is how our class’ choices look in comparison to one another.

Hopefully this has been a little informative Hopefully this has been a little informative! Remember, in order to convert a fraction into a decimal, you simply divide the numerator by the denominator! Eat More Fruit ! Pictograph Bar graph Data collection grid