2/5 of the students in your class are in band. of these, 1/4 play the saxophone. what fraction of your class plays the saxophone?

So the problem asks us to find the fraction of your class that plays the saxophone. To find this, all you need to do is divide 2/5 by 1/4. We need to do this because we are basically taking 1/4 of 2/5. When we do this operation, we get 8/5, which is 1 3/5 in mixed fraction form. Hence, the solution to your question is 8/5 or 1 3/5 of the fraction of students in the band play the saxophone. Hope this helps!

10/20 because if u find the common denominator of 5 and 4 it would be 20 and if you multiply 2 and 5 it would be 10 and 5x1 will equal 5and 10/20 is greater than 5/20