SOLUTION: In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class. How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue

Question 1063513: In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class. How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue.
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

-----wearing other than blue or white

If 36 students in the group,

Six student wearing other than blue or white

HOW MANY WEARING OTHER THAN BLUE?
wearing white
wearing not-blue
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------------students wearing other than blue
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class.
How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue.
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of 36 sudents is/are 6 students, who wear blue shirts. The rest of the students, 36 - 6 = 30 wear shirts other than blue.

The solution is actually in 2 lines.

After reading this my solution you can judge if the writing by "josgarithmetic" has any sense.

For me, it has no.

Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In a class room, 1/6 of students are wearing blue shirts and 2/3 ate wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the class. How many students are wearing a shirt other then blue.

Number wearing blue shirts:
Number NOT wearing blue shirts:
IT IS that simple....nothing complex and/or CONFUSING!
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