Q. Lincoln valley elementary held its annul skating party and 3 fourths of the 400 students came. Of the students who came,1 fifths brought skates from home. How many students rented skates?
A. Do I mulpite 400 by 3 fourths than get the answer than mulpite 1 fifths by the answer.
yes, but that would give you how many brought skates, which is not the question.
First, how many came ?
(3/4) of 400 = 300
of those 1/5 brought skates
number who brought skates = (1/5)(300) = 60
Assuming the rest rented skates,
so 300-60 or 240 rented skates
or
if 1/5 brought skates, then 4/5 rented skates
(4/5)of 300 = 240
Yes -- 400 * (3/4) =
Multiply that product by 4/5 to find how many rented skates.
So 240?
Yes.
To find out how many students rented skates, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Calculate the number of students who attended the skating party. To do this, multiply 400 by 3/4 (since 3/4 of the 400 students came):
400 x 3/4 = 300 students
Step 2: Determine the number of students who brought skates from home. To do this, multiply the number of students who attended (300) by 1/5 (since 1/5 brought skates from home):
300 x 1/5 = 60 students
Therefore, there would be 60 students who rented skates.