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CEMC Gauss (Grade 7), 2005

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

Karen has just been chosen the new “Math Idol”. A total of $1\,480\,000$ votes were cast and Karen received $83\%$ of them. How many people voted for her?

(A) $830\,000$ (B) $1\,228\,400$ (C) $1\,100\,000$ (D) $251\,600$ (E) $1\,783\,132$

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