SOLUTION: Two-fifths of a school’s 640 students eat a school lunch each day. How many students eat school lunches each day?

Question 1196571: Two-fifths of a school’s 640 students eat a school lunch each day. How many students eat school lunches each day?
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, Alan3354:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

"Two-fifths of a school’s 640 students..."

The "of" means multiply, so

ANSWER: (2/5)(640) = ...

(you can do the calculation)

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two-fifths of a school’s 640 students eat a school lunch each day. How many students eat school lunches each day?
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(2/5)*640
= 2*640/5
= 1280/5
etc
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Or,
= 0.4*640
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