Question

A school choir has 36 members. There are three times as many underclassmen as seniors. How many seniors are in the choir? 9 seniors 12 seniors 24 seniors 27 seniors

Answer 1

There are 9 seniors.

Although there are several ways of solving this problem, I just did what was easiest for me in my head. I divided 36 by 4, which gave me 9.

Answer 2

Option A, 9 seniors

Explanation:

A school choir has 36 members.

It is given that there are three times as many underclassmen as seniors.

In other way we can say that there are
`(3)/(4)` underclassmen and

`(1)/(4)` are seniors.

Seniors are
`(1)/(4)` × 36

= 9 seniors.

Option A, 9 seniors