Question

Five-eights of the sixth grade students at clearview middle school buy their lunch. If 256 students buy their lunch, how many sixth grade students are there

Answer 1

Answer: 409.6

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of sixth grade students be represented by x.

We are further told that 5/8 of the sixth grade students at clearview middle school buy their lunch which was about 256 students. We can represent this into an equation as:

5/8 × x = 256

0.625x = 256

x = 256/0.625

x = 409.6