Yesterday, 5/6 of the 120 students in a contest gave their speeches. How many students give their speeches?

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Rayne

1 May, 03:33

Yesterday, 5/6 of the 120 students in a contest gave their speeches. How many students give their speeches?

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Rachael Walter · Answer 1

So you have to find 5/6 of 120. You can do this by first finding 1/6, or dividing 120 by 6, which is 20.

1/6 = 20

Now multiply that by 5 to find 5/6ths.

20 x 5 = 100, so 100 students gave their speeches.

Axle · Answer 2

Here's one way to do it

5/6 = 0.83333333333 ... (and so on)

0.83333333333 * 120=100

(it's better to use a calculater)