Question

Yuk noticed that out of 24 students entering the building at Willowville Elementary School this morning, 8 of them were carrying a lunch box. If these students are representative of the entire school, how many of the Willowville's 84 students would you expect to have brought a lunch box?

Answer 1

the students that brought a lunch box is 28

Explanation:

The computation of the students that brought a lunch box is shown below:

= Entire school students × students that carry a lunch box ÷ entering students

= 84 students × 8 ÷ 24 students

= 28 students

Hence, the students that brought a lunch box is 28