Question

1, In one school, 5/6 of the 6th graders take a foreign language. of these students, 2/5 take French.

a. What fraction of the 6th graders take French? 5/6 x 2/6= 1/3

b. If there are 150 6th graders,how many take French? 150/1 x 1/3 =5/3 ?

Answer 1

a is right.


How can 5/3 be the number of students?

1/3 * 150 = 50 take French.

Answer 2

The answer for part (a) is 1/3. And th answer for part (b) is 50. I hope this answer helps. Please like this comment! Thx!

Answer 3

This really helped thanks