Question

In a class of 24 students, 7 students have 2 brothers or sisters. 4 students have 1 brother or sister. 3 students do not have any brothers or sisters. 6 students have 3 brothers or sisters. The remaining students have 4 brothers or sisters.

Samedy says that the total number of brothers and sisters that the class has is 24, because there will be 24 dots above the number line on the line plot. Use the drop-down menus to complete the statement below.

Is Samedy's statement true or false?
In total, the class has _____ brothers and sisters?

Answer 1

Samdy's statement is FALSE, total number of brothers and sisters is 52

Explanation:

To organize our information we should draw a table, where group the students by how many siblings they have, and then calculate the total number of siblings.