How many students in the 5 th grade

Question

• 1/4 of the student play baseball 
• that mean 40 students play baseball

Answer 1

Here's what we know

1/4 s = 40 (one-fourth of the 5th grade students is 40, as that's the number that play baseball)

We can solve this by multiplying both sides by 4:

1/4 s * 4 = 40 * 4

s = 160

 

So there are 160 5th graders.