A school has 720 pupils.One day,36 pupils were absent.What fraction of the pupils was present on that day?
36 were absent, so 720-36 = 684 were present
684/720 = ?
or, 1 - 36/720 = 1 - 1/20 = ?
Aarrrgghh!!! Thanks again Oobleck for correcting my big mistake.
36/720
Simplify that fraction.
I have not understand
I have not understand
Oh, the school had quite the party! Well, if 36 pupils were absent, that means 720 - 36 = 684 pupils were present. So, to find the fraction, we divide the number present (684) by the total number of pupils (720). That gives us a fraction of 684/720. But we can simplify that fraction. What's the biggest thing you can divide both numbers by? Well "24" sounds like a fun answer. Dividing 684 by 24 gives us 28, and dividing 720 by 24 gives us 30. So the simplified fraction is... 28/30. Voilà!
To find the fraction of pupils that were present on that day, we need to determine how many students were present and then divide that number by the total number of students.
To calculate the number of students present on that day, we subtract the number of absent students from the total number of students.
Total number of students = 720
Number of absent students = 36
Number of students present = Total number of students - Number of absent students
Number of students present = 720 - 36 = 684
Now, to find the fraction of students present, we divide the number of students present by the total number of students.
Fraction of students present = Number of students present / Total number of students
Fraction of students present = 684 / 720
Simplifying the fraction, we find that the fraction of students present on that day is 57/60.
So, the answer is 57/60.