Question

Rachel has a collection of 40 stuffed animals, of the animals, 3/8 are beats and 1/5 are dogs. The rest are other animals. How many other animals does she have?

Answer 1

17 animals

Explanation:

Rachel has a collection of 40 stuffed animals

3/8 are bears

= 3/8 ×40

= 120/8

= 15

1/5 are dogs

= 1/5×40

= 40/5

= 8

15+8

= 23

Therefore the number of animal she have left can be calculated as follows

= 40-23

= 17

Hence there are 17 animals left