Question

Ms.Shrewsberry gave out a quiz to all 132 of her students. Of all of the students that took the quiz 3/11 of received an A as a grade. How many students got an A?

Answer 1

36 students got an'A' grade in the quiz.

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of students taking the quiz = 132

Fraction of students getting an 'A' grade =
`(3)/(11)`

To find the number of students getting an 'A' grade.

Solution:

In order to find the number of students who got an 'A' grade in the quiz, we will find the fractional part who got an 'A' of the total students taking the quiz.

The fraction of students getting an 'A' is =
`(3)/(11)`

Thus, total number of student getting an 'A' is :

⇒
`(3)/(11)` of
`132`

⇒
`(3)/(11)* 132`

⇒
`(396)/(11)`

⇒ 36 (Answer)