A class of 40 students voted on where to go for a school trip.
3/5 voted for the Science Park and the rest voted for Maths World.
How many votes did each place get?
3/5 of 40 is (3/5) x 40 = 24, so 24 students voted for the Science Park.
The rest of the students (40 - 24 = 16) voted for Maths World.
Therefore, the Science Park got 24 votes and Maths World got 16 votes.
To determine the number of votes each place received, we first need to find out how many students voted for the Science Park.
Given that 3/5 of the 40 students voted for the Science Park, we can calculate this as follows:
(3/5) * 40 = 24
Therefore, the Science Park received 24 votes.
To find out how many votes Maths World received, we subtract the number of votes for the Science Park from the total number of students:
40 - 24 = 16
Hence, Maths World received 16 votes.