Solve this problem. Reduce to lowest terms.
Of the 24 people at the Thanksgiving dinner, 1/8 of the people ate pumpkin pie, 1/2 ate cherry pie, 1/4 ate pecan pie, and 1/8 ate apple pie. How many people ate pumpkin pie?
To find the number of people who ate pumpkin pie, we need to find 1/8 of 24 people.
1/8 * 24 = 3 people.
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
To find the number of people who ate pumpkin pie, we need to find 1/8 of the total number of people.
To calculate, we divide the total number of people (24) by 8:
24 ÷ 8 = 3
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
To solve this problem, we need to find the number of people who ate pumpkin pie out of the 24 people at the Thanksgiving dinner.
First, let's calculate the fraction of people who ate pumpkin pie. We know that 1/8 of the people ate pumpkin pie. To find out how many people this represents, we can multiply the fraction 1/8 by the total number of people (24).
1/8 * 24 = 24/8 = 3
Therefore, 3 people ate pumpkin pie.
Now, let's simplify this fraction to its lowest terms. The fraction 3/24 can be reduced by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3.
3/24 = 1/8
So, in lowest terms, 1/8 of the people at the Thanksgiving dinner ate pumpkin pie.