On Thursday,1/6 of students in class were absent.If there are 36 students in total,how many students were absent? Use a model to show your work.
To find the number of students who were absent on Thursday, we need to calculate 1/6 of the total number of students in the class.
Step 1: Start by dividing the total number of students by 6, as 1/6 represents one part out of six equal parts.
36 ÷ 6 = 6
Step 2: Now that we know that each part represents 6 students, we can find the number of students who were absent by multiplying the result from step 1 by the number of parts (1).
6 × 1 = 6
Therefore, there were 6 students absent on Thursday.
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