Page 41 - NUMINO Challenge_D2

Type 1-2 Number of Votes Obtained

A class president election is held in Brian’s class. The following table
shows the number of votes each of the three candidates received so
far.

Candidate Dan Sophie Jane
10 16 7
Number
of Votes

If the candidate who received the most votes becomes the class
president, at least how many more votes does Sophie need to get in order
to be the class president? (50 students voted, and there was no invalid
vote.)

1 How many votes are not cast yet?

2 In order to be the class president, Sophie must think about the worst case
scenario. What is the worst case scenario for Sophie considering the
situation where Dan and Jane receive the uncast votes?

3 In order to be the class president in the worst case scenario, at least how
many more votes does Sophie need to receive?

38 NUMINO Challenge D2