Students were surveyed about their preference between dogs and cats. the following two-way table displays data for the sample of students who responded to the survey.
approximately what percent of students in the sample were male?
round your answer to the nearest percent.

%
preference male female total
prefers dogs 36 20 56
prefers cats 10 26 36
no preference 2 6 8
total 48 52 100

48/100=48%
To find the answer, you would put the total number of boys over the total number of kids who responded to the survey since the question wanted to know what percentage of all the kids were boys. Since the denominator is already 100, we can immediately say that the numerator, or 48, is the percentage of boys who took the survey. The other 52% of the kids were the girls who responded to the survey.