At Benito's school 5/8 of the students like math class. If there are 208 students, how many of them like math?

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EZ as pi
Jan 3, 2017

#=130# students like math.

Explanation:

We have been told the total number of students and what fraction of them like math. Just find #5/8 " of " 208# to find out how many this is.

#5/8 xx208" "larr# cancel first to make the numbers smaller

#=5/cancel8 xxcancel208^26" "larr# 26 is the value of #1/8#

#=5 xx 26#

#=130# students like math.

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