Question

There are 40 students in Joan’s class. She plans to invite them to her birthday party. She asked them to suggest a theme for her party. Three of every eight students suggested a rainbow-themed party. How many students suggested a rainbow-themed party? How many did not?(1 point)
blank students suggested a rainbow-themed party, while blank
students did not.

Answer 1

To find out how many students suggested a rainbow-themed party, we can set up a proportion based on the information given:

1. **Find the number of students who suggested a rainbow-themed party**:
- According to the problem, 3 out of every 8 students suggested a rainbow-themed party.
- There are 40 students in total, so we can calculate the number of students who suggested a rainbow theme as follows:

\[
\text{Number of students suggesting rainbow theme} = \left( \frac{3}{8} \right) \times 40 = 15
\]

2. **Find the number of students who did not suggest a rainbow-themed party**:
- To find out how many did not suggest a rainbow-themed party, we subtract the number of students who did suggest it from the total number of students:

\[
\text{Number of students not suggesting rainbow theme} = 40 - 15 = 25
\]

In conclusion:
- 15 students suggested a rainbow-themed party, while 25 students did not.

So you can fill in the blanks as follows:

15 students suggested a rainbow-themed party, while 25 students did not.