Mr Graham buys clay for the art class in 25-pound blocks. He gave out a total of 15 pounds of clay to a class of students for a project. Each student got 1/2 pound of clay. How many students are in the class?

15 / (1/2) = 15 * 2 = ______ students

THANK YOU MS. SUE!!

You are welcome, AC.

I still don't get it.

To find the number of students in the class, we need to divide the total amount of clay given out by the amount given to each student.

Given that Mr. Graham gave out a total of 15 pounds of clay and each student received 1/2 pound, we can divide the total amount by the amount given to each student:

15 pounds of clay ÷ 1/2 pound per student

To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by the reciprocal:

15 pounds of clay × 2/1 (reciprocal of 1/2)

Multiplying across:

15 × 2 = 30

So there are 30 students in the class.