Question

there are 240 students who attend Elmwood school. Two thirds of the students have brown hair. how many students have brown hair? how many students do not have brown hair?

Answer 1

160 has brown hair while

80 do not have brown hair

Explanation:

two third means 2/3

therefore to find how many student have brown hair,

we say- 2/3 x 240 = 160

since we know that 160 students have brown hair, we just subtract it from 240

i.e 240 - 160 = 80