Question

there are 117 staff members in your school. One third of them are going away for the Thanksgiving holiday. How many staff members are not traveling

Answer 1

78

Explanation:

So, to solve this problem, we have to divide 117 by 3, because one third of the staff is going away. 117 divided by 3 equals 39, which is number of staff this is going away. Next we have to subtract 39 from 117, which will give us our answer. 117 - 39 = 78

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Answer 2

78 members are not traveling

Explanation

Step1

we need to use fractions to find the number of memebers are going away, so the whole number (117) is represented by 1

then,Let

whole number=full staff= 117

One third of them are going away for the Thanksgiving holiday, to find the number of members just do:(fraction by number)

`\begin{gathered} \text{Members are going away=}(1)/(3)\cdot117 \\ \text{Members are going away=}39 \end{gathered}`

Step 2

now, let's use subtraction to find the number of members that are not traveling

`\begin{gathered} \text{Members are not traveling=full staff -member are going away} \\ \text{Members are not traveling=117-39} \\ \text{Members are not traveling=}78 \end{gathered}`

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