in Zoe's class, 4/5 of the students have pets. Of the students who have pets, 5/8 have rodents. what fraction of the students in Zoe's class have pets that are rodents?
5/8 students of the 4/5 students have rodents. The word "of" tells us to multiply. 5/8 * 4/5 is equal to 5*4/8*5, which is 20/40 and therefore simplifies to 1/2.
