they give u a bar graph that says
week 1 10 members attence that meeting
week 2 11
week 3 9
week 4 8
week 5 10
The graph abouve shows attendance of memer at meetings of a garden club over 5 weeks. All but 2 members of the club attended the meeting in the first week and no members joined or left the club over the 5 week period. What fraction of the members attended the meeting in 4th week?
First of all I don't understand the question then "what fraction of the members attended the me. in 4th week" what does that means? 4th week to what? the whole 5 weeks?
2006-10-11 15:31:52 · 10 answers · asked by Boptimistic!!! 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
if in the first week alone 10 people attended the meeting and 2 people didn't show up there are 12 people in the garden club.
the question is asking that in the 4th week alone.. (so we only look at week 4 on the graph now)... what fraction of members was there??
to answer this we take the number of members that attended the meeting (8) and place it over the total number of members (12) adn simplify...
so 2/3 of the garden club attended in the 4th week.
2006-10-11 15:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by Kiayshi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in the question it says that in the first week all but 2 members attended and it says that 10 people attended that meeting. That means there are 12 members total. In week 4, 8 of the 12 members were present. So that is the answer 8 over 12, this same fraction can be reduced to a smaller fraction of 2 over 3 or expressed as a decimal point 0.66-repeating.
Hope this helps!!
cruze97
2006-10-11 22:44:39 · answer #2 · answered by cruze97 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The graph says that 8 people attended in the 4th week. Those 8 people make up what fraction of the whole club?
From the 2nd sentence, we see that the club consists of 2+those attending the 1st week. (10+2=12)
The second part of that sentence says that the number of members remained constant for all 5 weeks. So there was a total of 12 members in week 4.
8 out of 12 members attended in week 4. In a fraction, this is expressed as 8/12, or 2/3.
2006-10-11 22:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by LadyJag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If 10 members attended the meeting the first week & 2 didn't & 0 memebers were added, the total members is 12 & 8 is 2/3 of 12. 4+4+4=12
2006-10-11 22:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, let's disect this information.....
All but 2 members of the club attended the first week right? The first week, 10 members came. If 2 were missing, that means that there's 12 members total.
One the 4th week, 8 attended the meeting. That means 8 out of 12 members. 8/12 is your fraction. Or, simplified, it'd be 2/3.
I hope this helped!!
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2006-10-11 22:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by heyheyhey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means in the first week 12 members attended. ( all but 2, means 10+2 ) Week four fraction is 8/12, reduced to 2/3. About 66% of the members attended in fourth week.
2006-10-11 22:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its quite simple see, ok all their asking is the number of people that attended in the 4th week. all u have to do is add 2 to the people that attended in the first week cuz 2 members missed it, u get 12 and u got the total amount of members, 8 members attended the fourth week
so 8/12, simplify it and u get 2/3, ez as pie,
just get some food so ur brain could think normally
2006-10-11 22:43:48 · answer #7 · answered by burning ice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
week 1
10 of 12 members show up
wich means
week 4
8 of 12 members show up
4 goes into 8 twice
4 goes into 12 3 times
1 third of the members showed up in week 4
2006-10-11 22:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by fragle2c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF 12 MEMBERS IS 100%, THEN EIGHT MEMBERS IS 66.6% OR 2/3 OF THE TOTAL MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED ON WEEK 4!
2006-10-11 22:46:03 · answer #9 · answered by TIM M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need to know total number of members?
2006-10-11 22:43:55 · answer #10 · answered by Johnny 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋