Question

PLEASE HELP ME ;-; ILL MARK AS BRIANLIEST IF ITS RIGHT

The event coordinator asks you to determine how many students participated in the
track-and-field day. The total number of students in seventh and eighth grade
combined is 584; 5/8 of them are seventh graders and 3/8 of them are eighth-graders. If 4/8 of the seventh graders participated in track-and-field day and 7/8 of the eighth graders participated, about how many total students participated? Describe the process you used to find your answer.

Answer 1

First, I took 5/8 out of 584 for the seventh graders which came out to 365 seventh graders. Then, I did the same thing with 3/8 and it came out to 219 eighth graders. Then I took out 4/5 out of 365 which resulted as 292. Then I did the same thing for 7/8 and the results came out as 191. So in total 483 students participated in track-and-field day.

Explanation:

Answer 2

374.125 students. Not sure if you're supposed to round up or down considering you can't have a fraction of a person, but I would round down.

Explanation:

(5/8) (584) = 365 seventh graders in total

(3/8) (584) = 219 eighth graders in total

(4/8) (365) = 182.5 seventh graders who participated in track-and-field day

(7/8) (219) = 191.625 eighth graders who participated in track-and-field day

182.5 + 191.625 = 374.125 students in total who participated