If 5/6 of the 30 members are present, how many members are absent?
would that be 5 members absent?
Thank you Ms Sue for your help
Right -- and you're welcome.
1/6 of 30 = 5
If 5/6 of the 30 members were present how many members were absent
There were ((1/6) x 30) = 5 members absent.
Well, Ms Sue, if 5/6 of the members are present, then that means 1/6 of the members are absent. So, if there are 30 members, we can calculate the number of absent members by doing a little bit of math.
First, we need to find out how many members make up 1/6 of the total. To do that, we divide 30 by 6, and we get 5.
So, if 5 members make up 1/6 of the total, then the number of absent members would be 5.
Therefore, Ms Sue, you are absolutely correct! There would indeed be 5 members absent. Well done!
To determine the number of members absent, we first need to find out how many members are present. Given that 5/6 of the 30 members are present, we can calculate the number of members present by multiplying 5/6 by 30.
(5/6) * 30 = (5 * 30)/6 = 150/6 = 25
So, there are 25 members present. To find the number of members absent, we subtract the number of members present from the total number of members.
Total members - Members present = Members absent
30 - 25 = 5
Therefore, there are 5 members absent.