Question 790934: Five-sixths of the students passed the test. If there are 36 students in the class, how many did not pass? Show all work
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josh_jordan:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Five-sixths of the students passed the test. If there are 36 students in the class, how many did not pass? Show all work
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(1/6) of the students did not pass.
Ans: (1/6)30 = 5 of the students did not pass.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by josh_jordan(263)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To solve this question, we need to first figure out, in fractional form, the number of students who did not pass. The problem tells us that 5/6 of the students passed. Therefore, we know that 1/6 of the students did not pass, because 5/6 + 1/6 = 1. So, all we need to do is multiply 1/6 by the total number of students:
1/6 * 36 = 6
So, 6 students did not pass.
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