Rosa Benitez

Mathematics

13 December, 15:42

Out of the 2000 students at Smith Middle School, 250 have green eyes, which is 12.5%. Mrs. Craig surveys her math class and 8 out of 24 of them, or 33%, have green eyes. What is a good explanation for this? '

A)

Mrs. Craig miscounted.

Eliminate

B)

The sample that Mrs. Craig took was too small.

C)

33% is close to 12.5%, so the outcome was expected.

D)

Students with green eyes are more likely to take math.