In class, 3/8 of the students play sport while the rest do music.what fraction of the class does music?
8/8 - 3/8 = ??
Yes
To find the fraction of the class that does music, we need to subtract the fraction of students who play sports from 1 (since the two fractions should add up to the whole class).
Given that 3/8 of the students play sports, we can calculate the fraction of students who do music by subtracting this fraction from 1:
1 - 3/8
To perform the calculation, we need to find a common denominator for 1 and 3/8, which is 8. Now, we can rewrite 1 as 8/8:
8/8 - 3/8
Subtracting the numerators while keeping the denominator the same gives us:
(8 - 3)/8
Simplifying the numerator:
5/8
Therefore, the fraction of the class that does music is 5/8.