Question

For the orchestra concert, the orchestra director has asked that everyone wear either black pants or a black skirt. Five times as many students wore black pants as black skirts. If there are sixty students in the choir, how many wore a black skirt?

A.10
B.30
C.50
D.60

Answer 1

A:10

Explanation:

1. Analyze: There are 60 people total and there is 5x more pants than skirts. This outrules 60 and 50.

2: Testing put all of your numbers into an equation. Since you need the total to be 60 you can do this. I am using p(pants) S(skirts for my example. S+S5=60 10 works in this equation.