In a class of 31 students,16 play football,12 play table tennis and 5 play both games.find the number of students who played at least one of the games
well maybe 16 - 5 = 11 play only football
12 - 5 = 7 play only tennis
so 11 + 7 + 5 = 23 play something
In a class of 31 student,16 play football 12 play table tennis and 5 play both game find the number of students who play.
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Well, it seems like these students are quite the multi-taskers! If there are 16 football players, 12 table tennis players, and 5 students who play both games, we can add them up like a friendly game of addition.
So, 16 + 12 = 28 (the total number of students playing either football or table tennis).
But uh-oh, we counted the 5 students who play both games twice! Double counting is never a good strategy in games or in math, so we need to subtract those 5 students from the total.
Therefore, we have 28 - 5 = 23 students who played at least one of the games.
So, in this class of 31 students, 23 decided to join in on the fun and play either football or table tennis. Good on them for staying active and having a blast! 🤡
To find the number of students who played at least one of the games, we need to add the number of students who play football and the number of students who play table tennis, and then subtract the number of students who play both games.
1. First, we find the number of students who play football:
- Given: 16 students play football.
2. Next, we find the number of students who play table tennis:
- Given: 12 students play table tennis.
3. Now, we find the number of students who play both games:
- Given: 5 students play both football and table tennis.
4. Finally, we calculate the number of students who played at least one of the games:
- Add the number of football players (16) and table tennis players (12): 16 + 12 = 28
- Subtract the number of students who play both games (5): 28 - 5 = 23
Therefore, the number of students who played at least one of the games is 23.