{"id":"cb_question_bank:9ed52e5b-c1b3-40b3-a2ea-6f6cc5bc5983","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"9ed52e5b-c1b3-40b3-a2ea-6f6cc5bc5983","external_id":"828689ef-29d6-4a4b-9945-060543cb1150","ibn":null,"question_id":"9c44f828","program":"SAT","module":"math","domain_code":"Q","domain":"Problem-Solving and Data Analysis","skill_code":"Q.B.","skill":"Percentages","difficulty":"E","score_band":1,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"There are a total of 840 seats in a school auditorium. During an assembly, students occupied 50 percent sign of the seats in the auditorium. How many seats did the students occupy during this assembly?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are a total of <math alttext=\"840\"><mn>840</mn>\n</math> seats in a school auditorium. During an assembly, students occupied&nbsp;<math alttext=\"50 percent sign\"><mn>50</mn><mo>%</mo></math> of the seats in the auditorium. How many seats did the students occupy during this assembly?</p>","rationale_html":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choice C is correct. It's given that during an assembly, students occupied&nbsp;<math alttext=\"50 percent sign\"><mn>50</mn><mo>%</mo></math> of the <math alttext=\"840\"><mn>840</mn>\n</math> seats in the school auditorium. Therefore, the number of seats that the students occupied during this assembly can be calculated by multiplying the number of seats in the school auditorium by <math alttext=\"StartFraction 50 Over 100 EndFraction\"><mfrac><mn>50</mn><mn>100</mn></mfrac></math>. Thus, the students occupied <math alttext=\"840 left parenthesis StartFraction 50 Over 100 EndFraction right parenthesis\"><mn>840</mn><mfenced><mfrac><mn>50</mn><mn>100</mn></mfrac></mfenced></math>, or <math alttext=\"420\"><mn>420</mn>\n</math>, seats during this assembly.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choice A is incorrect. This is approximately <math alttext=\"3 percent sign\"><mn>3</mn><mo>%</mo></math>, not <math alttext=\"50 percent sign\"><mn>50</mn><mo>%</mo></math>, of <math alttext=\"840\"><mn>840</mn>\n</math>.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choice B is incorrect. This is approximately <math alttext=\"6 percent sign\"><mn>6</mn><mo>%</mo></math>, not <math alttext=\"50 percent sign\"><mn>50</mn><mo>%</mo></math>, of <math alttext=\"840\"><mn>840</mn>\n</math>.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Choice D is incorrect. This is approximately <math alttext=\"94 percent sign\"><mn>94</mn><mo>%</mo></math>, not <math alttext=\"50 percent sign\"><mn>50</mn><mo>%</mo></math>, of <math alttext=\"840\"><mn>840</mn>\n</math>.</p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":true,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.831000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.831000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p><math alttext=\"25\"><mn>25</mn>\n</math></p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p><math alttext=\"50\"><mn>50</mn>\n</math></p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p><math alttext=\"420\"><mn>420</mn>\n</math></p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p><math alttext=\"790\"><mn>790</mn>\n</math></p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}