there are 40 students in joans 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 theme party. how many students suggested a rainbow themed party? how many did not?

_suggest rainbow

_did not suggest rainbow

1 answer

To find the number of students who suggested a rainbow theme party, we need to calculate three-eighths (3/8) of 40.

Step 1: Calculate 3/8 of 40.
(3/8) * 40 = 3 * 5 = 15

So, 15 students suggested a rainbow themed party.

To find the number of students who did not suggest a rainbow theme party, we subtract the number of students who suggested a rainbow theme from the total number of students.

Step 2: Calculate the number of students who did not suggest a rainbow theme party.
Total number of students - Number of students who suggested a rainbow theme party
40 - 15 = 25

So, 25 students did not suggest a rainbow themed party.