General Information
Related Benchmark: MA.6.A.5.1
Reporting Category: Algebra
Type: GR: Gridded-Response
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
A school held an election for student body president. When the election was over, the principal announced some facts about the election, as shown below.
- A total of 800 votes were cast for president
- 20% of the votes for president were for Brian
- 3/8 of the votes for president were for Paulette
The remaining votes for president were for Shirley. What was the total number of votes for Shirley?
Possible Answer:

sample response 340

sample response 340
Item Context:
Social Studies/Consumerism