Question

In a classroom, 2/12 of students play baseball,4/12 play football,1/12 are in the chorus,and the rest participate in volunteer programs.What fraction of the students participate in volunteer programs?explain your answer

Answer 1

12/12 would be the fraction of all students...now subtract all of the fractions that represent students not in the volunteer programs...

12/12-2/12-4/12-1/12

(12-2-4-1)/12

5/12

So 5/12 of the student participate in volunteer programs.