Question

For St. Patrick's day, Mrs. G's sixth grade class was given a choice of four different drinks. One quarter of the class chose green milkshakes, one third of the class chose green ginger ale, one eighth of the class chose the green milk and one sixth of the class chose green juice. How many students did not have a drink?

Answer 1

1/8 of the number of students

Explanation:

1/4 + 1/3 + 1/8 + 1/6 =

= 6/24 + 8/24 + 3/24 + 4/24

= 21/24

= 7/8

7/8 of the class chose drinks.

1 - 7/8 = 8/8 - 7/8 = 1/8

That means that 1/8 did not have a drink.

Since we don't know the number of students in her class, we cannot tell the number of students who did not have a drink, but we do know it is 1/8 of the number of students.