Question

Twenty students ride on your bus. two-fifths of them pack their lunches. how many of the students pack their lunches?

Answer 1

So to figure out this question first divide 20 by 5 and then times that answer by two and you have your answer!!

Answer 2

Fraction number is the number which is used to represent the part of a whole number. The total number of students who pack their lunches are 8 which 40 % of the total students.

Given-

Total students ride on the bus is 20.

The number of students pack their lunches is 2/5.

To know the number of total students who pack their lunches this we need to know the value of the two fifth of the total student.

What is fraction number?

Fraction number is the number which is used to represent the part of a whole number.

let n number of students pack their lunches. The two fifth of the total student,

$n=\dfrac{2}{5}\times20$

$n=2\times4$

$n=8$

Hence the total number of students who pack their lunches are 8.

In percentage of students who pack their lunches,

$n=\dfrac{8}{20} \times100$

$n=40$

Hence the total number of students who pack their lunches are 8 which 40 % of the total students.

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