Question

At Benito's school 5/8 of the students like math class. If there are 208 students, how many of them like math?

Answer 1

`=130` students like math.

Explanation:

We have been told the total number of students and what fraction of them like math. Just find `5/8 " of " 208` to find out how many this is.

`5/8 xx208" "larr` cancel first to make the numbers smaller

`=5/cancel8 xxcancel208^26" "larr` 26 is the value of `1/8`

`=5 xx 26`

`=130` students like math.