Question

Three eighths of the students in a class of 32 students are boys. How many students are boys?

Answer 1

12 students are boys

Explanation:

you can divide the number of students into 8 groups since 8 is in the denominator (4 per group), then multiply 4 by 3 since is in the numerator

Answer 2

12 because 1/8 is 4 4x3= 12