2007-01-22 11:46:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Ok, so there are 24 students total and 5/8 are females. Well thats just pretty much simple. All you have to do is multiply 24 and 5/8. 24 times 5/8 is 15. If you want to check, you can subtract 8/8-5/8 to get 3/8 which is the males. 24 times 3/8 is 9. Since 5/8 is greater than 3/8, you are safe to say that there is exactly 15 females in the classroom.
2007-01-22 11:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9
2007-01-22 11:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by *This won't hurt a bit* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9
2007-01-22 11:57:27 · answer #3 · answered by gettin it 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
24 students - the TOTAL #
divided into 8ths (8 parts)
so if 5/8 are female...that leaves.... 3/8 male
3/8 of 24 is.......
denominator (bottom number) goes into total #
8 goes into 24 ...... 3 times...
take that and multiply it by the numerator (top number)
3 x 3 = 9
2007-01-22 11:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by histruthstands 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
15 are female. 5/8*24=15
24-15=9
Therefore 9 are male.
2007-01-22 11:50:31 · answer #5 · answered by Jilli Bean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
x=24
5/8 x=female
3/8 x=male
5/8x=24
x=15
24-15=9
2007-01-22 12:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Jilli Bean said. This question could be a false dichotomy though, ask your teacher what that means.
2007-01-22 11:52:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋