25 students in a class. 1/6 birthday in september 1/3 in october and november.how many bithdays in december.?
2006-03-27 17:01:16 UTC
25 students in a class. 1/6 birthday in september 1/3 in october and november.how many bithdays in december.?
Six answers:
Jughead177
2006-03-27 17:02:07 UTC
As many as 12. You do not supply enough information. They could have birthdays in the other nine months of the year, for all we know.
hunneebee22
2006-03-27 17:03:39 UTC
Assuming that the remaining students' birthdays are in December and not any other months, you would need to add 1/6 and 1/3 and then subtract that total from 1 to find the leftover fraction.
To do that, find the lowest common denominator of 1/6 and 1/3, which is 6. 1/6 is already in 6ths. 1/3 is 2/6.
1/6 + 2/6 = 3/6 or 1/2.
1 - 1/2 = 1/2
2006-03-27 17:07:34 UTC
well 1/3 and 1/6 is half of 25 so then you would get 12.5 but can't have half a person so then you get 12 and then 13 have a b-day in december