Question

all the fifth grade students go outside for exercise. one-half of the students are on the soccer fields. One-fourth of the students are on the basketball courts. One-eight of the students are jogging around the track. Twelve of the students are tossing footballs to each other. How many fifth grade students are outside for exercise? How many students are playing each sport? Show all your mathematical thinking

Answer 1

96 students in general

Explanation:

I drew an Euler circle to make it more clear. so we can see that 1/8 class = 12

so 1/4 class is 12×2=24

1/2 class is 12×4=48

12+12+24+48=96

I hope this helped

Answer 2

Answer: 96 fifth grade students outside for exercise. 48 students playing soccer, 24 students playing basketball, 12 students jogging around the track, and 12 students tossing footballs.

Explanation:

Let x be the total number of fifth grade students.

- 1/2x are on the soccer fields

- 1/4x are on the basketball courts

- 1/8x are jogging around the track

- 12 students are tossing footballs

x = 1/2x + 1/4x + 1/8x + 12

x = 4/8x + 2/8x + 1/8x + 12

x = 7/8x + 12

1/8x = 12

x = 12*8

x = 96

Therefore, there are 96 fifth grade students outside for exercise.

Soccer fields: 1/2x = 1/2 * 96 = 48 students

Basketball courts: 1/4x = 1/4 * 96 = 24 students

Jogging around the track: 1/8x = 1/8 * 96 = 12 students

Tossing footballs: 12 students (as given in the problem)

There are 48 students playing soccer, 24 students playing basketball, 12 students jogging around the track, and 12 students tossing footballs.