Question

1. Five-sixths of the students in a math class passed the first test. If there are 36 students in the class, how many did not pass the test? *

Answer 1

If 5/6 passed, then 1/6 did not pass. So, 1/6 of 36 students
1/6 x 36=
Cross cancel, 6 goes into 6, 1 time and 6 goes into 36, 6 times. 1 x 6 = 6
6 students did not pass.

Answer 2

(1/6) of the students did not pass.

Ans: (1/6)30 = 5 of the students did not pass

To solve this question, we need to first figure out, in fractional form, the number of students who did not pass. The problem tells us that 5/6 of the students passed. Therefore, we know that 1/6 of the students did not pass, because 5/6 + 1/6 = 1. So, all we need to do is multiply 1/6 by the total number of students:

1/6 * 36 = 6

So, 6 students did not pass.