Question

In a school election, 3/4 of the students vote. There are 1464 ballots. Write and solve an equation to find the number s of students.
An equation is ??? =1464.


There are a total of ???
students.

Answer 1

The answer is 1952. This is because 1464 is 3/4 of the total number so you divide 1464 by 3 then what you hav left is 1/4 of the total number. (488) All you do is add 1474+488=1952.

Answer 2

The equation used could be dividing your number of ballots (number of students that voted) by three to get one fourth of the students. Then you could multiply that number by four to get four fourths, or all of the students. The answer would be 1952. In other words, your equation is 3/4 * x = 1464, then to get 1952, solve for x. Hope this helps!