Question

Instructions (36-40): The pie charts below show the percentage of students in each faculty at North West University and the number of non-US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. There are 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this data to answer the question below.

36. What percentage of students in the Arts faculty are non-US students?

• A. 14%
• B. 9%
• C. 30%
• D. 11%

Hint:

Add the five non-US groups from the second chart, then divide by the total Arts strength of 1049.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Here is a quicker way to reach the same figure using rounding instead of exact long division.

1. 14%: this would need about 147 non-US students out of 1049, far more than the 112 we counted, so it is wrong.
2. 9%: this would need only about 94 students, less than 112, so it is wrong.
3. 30%: this would need over 300 students, way above 112, so it is wrong.
4. 11%: round 1049 down to 1050 for easy math. Then $11\% \times 1050 = 115.5$, very close to our count of 112, so this option fits.

Since 112 out of 1049 lands nearest to 11%, that is the correct share.

Let's summarize:

• Non-US students in Arts = 112 out of 1049 total.
• 112/1049 rounds to about 11%.

So the answer is 11%, matching option D.