Question

I’m the sixth grade class, 3/7 of the students are boys, and 5/8 of these boys are in mrs. jones’ class. What fraction of the entire sixth grade class are the boys in mrs. jones’ class??

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Answer 1

15/56

Explanation:

You just multiply 3/7 by 5/8 to get 15/56. Since you cannot simplify it more, that is the fraction of boys in mrs.jones class compared to the whole sixth grade class

Answer 2

15/56

Explanation:

Let the total number of students be x

Number of boys=
`(3)/(7)` of x

Number of boys in Mrs jones' class=
`(3)/(7)`of
`(5)/(8)`

Fraction of number of boys of Mrs jones' class to total class strength=
`(15x/56)/(x)`

Hence, the fraction is
`(15)/(56)`