The teacher said that 1/3 of her class was absent. If there are 24 students in her class, how many were absent?
1/3 MULTIPLE BY 24 = 8
Why did you post this question again?
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Two interpretations are possible for this question.
1. There are 24 students in the class like you said.
So if 1/3 are missing, then there are 8 missing, just like Ms Sue had in her previous post.
2. With 1/3 missing, there are 24 students in the class, so the 24 students represent 2/3 of the class
(2/3) x = 24
x = 24(3/2) = 36
Conclusion: Either answer would be correct due to the ambiguity of the question.
Poorly worded question !
To find the number of students who were absent, you need to calculate one-third of the total number of students in the class.
Step 1: Determine the fraction of the class that was absent. Since the teacher said one-third of the class was absent, the fraction is 1/3.
Step 2: Calculate the number of students who were absent by multiplying the fraction by the total number of students in the class.
(1/3) * 24 = (1 * 24) / 3 = 24/3 = 8.
So, there were 8 students absent in the class.