Mathnasium of University Irvine - Campaign

Sep 1, 2021 | University Irvine

Middle School:

Question: Pedro is running for class president. Right now, one out of every twelve of the students in Pedro’s class plan to vote for him. He has one opponent and five weeks to campaign. If there are 144 students in his class, then how many more students does he need to convince to vote for him in order to win the election?