Questions: 8. There are 180 students in the eighth grade. Each of the students voted for his or her favorite sport. Two-thirds of the students voted for basketball. How many students voted for basketball? Answer:

Solution Steps

To find out how many students voted for basketball, we need to calculate two-thirds of the total number of students. This can be done by multiplying the total number of students by 2/3.

We are given that two-thirds of the students voted for basketball. This can be represented as the fraction \(\frac{2}{3}\).

To find the number of students who voted for basketball, we multiply the total number of students by the fraction who voted for basketball: \[ \text{students\_voted\_basketball} = 180 \times \frac{2}{3} \]

Perform the multiplication: \[ \text{students\_voted\_basketball} = 180 \times 0.6667 \approx 120.0 \]

Final Answer