5th grade class of 16 students, one-half of the student arrived at school early, one-fourth arrived on time, and one-eighth arrived late. how many students were absent.

16 - 8 - 4 - 2 = ?

correct

4/8

To find out how many students were absent, we first need to determine the number of students who arrived at school.

One-half of the students arrived early, which is equal to 1/2 x 16 = 8 students.
One-fourth of the students arrived on time, which is equal to 1/4 x 16 = 4 students.
One-eighth of the students arrived late, which is equal to 1/8 x 16 = 2 students.

To find the total number of students who arrived, we can add these three numbers together: 8 + 4 + 2 = 14 students.

Since there are a total of 16 students in the class, the number of absent students can be found by subtracting the number of students who arrived from the total number of students: 16 - 14 = 2 students.

Therefore, there were 2 students absent.