Question

In jenny's class, there are 24 students. Of these, 5/8 are girls.How many girl's are in Jenny's class?

Answer 1

There are 24 student and we need to find out 5/8 of the class. So simply it is:

5/8 of 24

First we need to find out 1/8 of 24 so we do

24÷8

Which is: 3

But we want to 5/8 so we do

3×5

Which is: 15

So the amount of girls in Jenny's class is 15.

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