How do I answer this word math problem

Question

A survey of students at a university shows that 4
out of 5 drink coffee. Of the students who drink? coffee, 1 out of
4 adds cream to it. If the university has 10,000
?students, find the number of students who drink coffee with cream.


How many students drink coffee with? cream?

Answer 1

1/4 of 4/5 = 1/5

1/5 of 10000 = 2000

Answer 2

Michelle,

 

First, find out the number of students who drink coffee:

 

4/5 * 10000 = 8000 students drink coffee.

 

Now, of those 8000, 1/4 drink it with cream:

 

1/4 * 8000 = 2000 students drink coffee with cream.

 

Make sense?