Problema Solution

There are 48 students in the 5th grade. 3 out of 8 5th graders read 2 books last month. 1 out of 3 students read one book last month. The rest of the students read no books. How many books in all did the 5th graders read last month.

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3 out of 8 student read 2 books

=> out of 48, 18 students read 2 books

1 out of 3 read 1 book

= out of 48, 16 read 1 book

=> no. of students read book= 16+ 18 = 34

not reading = 14