PSLE A group of girls were asked to choose their favourite sport from rugby, tennis and canoeing. The pie chart represents the girls' choices. Half of the group chose canoeing.
- What percentage of the group chose rugby?
- The girls' choices were also represented by a bar graph. Part of the graph is not shown. How many girls chose tennis?
(a)
Percent of the group that chose canoeingl
= Half of the pie chart
=
12 x 100%
= 50%
Percent of the group that chose tennis = 10%
Percent of the group that chose rugby
= 100% - 50% - 10%
= 40%
(b)
50% of the group = 30
1% of the group =
3050 Percent of the group that chose tennis
= 10% of the group
= 10 x
3050 = 6
Answer(s): (a) 40%; (b) 6