Question

Mrs. Piazza's class is voting on where to take a field trip. 1/4 of the students want to go to the zoo and 1/8 of the students want to go to the aquarium. The rest of the students want to go to a baseball game. What fraction of the class wants to go to a baseball game?​

Answer 1

5/8

Explanation:

The fraction of students that went to the baseball game can be known by adding the fraction of students that went to the zoo and the aquarium and subtracting it from 1

Sum of the fraction of students that went to the zoo and the aquarium

=
`(1)/(4) + (1)/(8)`

`(2 + 1 )/(8)`

=
`(3)/(8)`

Fraction of students that went to the baseball game = 1 -
`(3)/(8)`

`(8)/(8) - (3)/(8)` =
`(5)/(8)`