Twenty-four pencils are in a package. The students use 3/8
of the pencils. How many did they use?
To find out how many pencils the students used, we need to multiply the total number of pencils by the fraction representing the portion used.
Total number of pencils = 24
Portion used = 3/8
Pencils used = 24 x 3/8
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
Pencils used = (24 x 3)/(8)
Pencils used = 72/8
Pencils used = 9
Therefore, the students used 9 pencils.
To find out how many pencils the students used, we need to multiply the total number of pencils by the fraction representing the portion used.
First, let's calculate the number of pencils the students used:
Number of pencils used = Total number of pencils × Fraction representing portion used
Number of pencils used = 24 × 3/8
To simplify the multiplication, we can cancel out the common factor of 8 between the numerator and denominator:
Number of pencils used = 24 × 3 ÷ (8 ÷ 8)
Number of pencils used = 24 × 3 ÷ 1
Now, we can multiply to find the answer:
Number of pencils used = 72 ÷ 1
Number of pencils used = 72
Therefore, the students used 72 pencils.
To find out how many pencils the students used, we need to multiply the total number of pencils in the package (24) by the fraction of pencils they used, which is 3/8.
To calculate this, we multiply 24 by 3/8:
24 * 3/8 = (24 * 3) / 8 = 72 / 8
Now we simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD), which is 8:
72 ÷ 8 / 8 ÷ 8 = 9 / 1 = 9
Therefore, the students used 9 pencils.