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3/7 of the students in a school are sixth graders. how many sixth graders are there if the school has 28 students.

User Sylter
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There are 12 6th graders

Step by Step Step-by-step explanation:

Because there are 28 students, you have to make a fraction wuth a denominator of 28. To do that, you have to multiply the denominator of 3/7 by 4 to get 3/28. To get an equivalent fraction, you need to multiply the numerator by 4 too, because whenever you do something to the denominator of a fraction, you must mirror it for the numerator and vice versa. so 3/7 × 4 equals 12/28. So 12 out of the 28 students are 6th graders.

User Maksim Skurydzin
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12 students are 6th graders. 28/7= 4
4x3=12
User Ludesign
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