There are 28 in our class. One day there were 6 times as many present as there were absent.

Question

How many were present?
How many were absent?

Answer 1

number present: x
number absent : 28-x

x = 28-x + 6
2x = 34
x = 17

so present = 17, absent = 11

check: were there 6 more present than absent? YES

Answer 2

Yes 6 more present

Answer 3

17
11

Answer 4

But in the question they are saying 6 times as many as there were absent.. then what we have to do?

Answer 5

I think there are 24 present and 4 absent. This is a ratio type question where you have not 6 but 7 so 28/7 =4 4×6 then what you have left over is the absent group...

Answer 6

24 Present
4 Absent

Answer 7

6 times more present so it’s obviously 4 absent cuz 6 x 4 = 24 and u add the absent 4 = 28

Answer 8

17

Answer 9

People absent 6x
People present 6x
6x+6x=28
12x=28
x=7/3
People present =6*7/3=14
People absent= 6*7/3=14

Answer 10

Technically, the solution you have provided is not correct. You cannot have 7/3 as the number of students absent or present.

Let's break down the question as per your approach:

Let the number of absent students be x.

The number of present students = 6 times the number of absent students = 6x

Given,

The total number of students is 28.

So,

x + 6x = 28

7x = 28

x = 4

The number of absent students is 4.

The number of present students = 6x = 6(4) = 24.

So the answer is:

Present: 24

Absent: 4

Therefore, there were 24 present and 4 absent on that day.