There are 64 students in a middle school band. Five out of every eight are in the 7th grade

Part A : What are the number of students in each section?

Part B: What are the number of students in the band who are in the 7th grade?

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Part A: To find the number of students in each section, we can divide the total number of students by the number of sections.

Since five out of every eight students are in the 7th grade, this means that there are 5 sections of 7th graders out of a total of 8 sections.

Dividing the total number of students (64) by the number of sections (8), we get:
64 / 8 = 8

Therefore, there are 8 students in each section.

Part B: To find the number of students in the band who are in the 7th grade, we can calculate 5/8 of the total number of students.

Multiplying the total number of students (64) by the fraction 5/8, we get:
64 * (5/8) = 40

Therefore, there are 40 students in the band who are in the 7th grade.