Fraction of a quantity

Question 6

A hockey club with 576 members has both male and female members and \(\dfrac{5}{8}\) of the members are male.

How many members of the club are male?

Question 7
A string is 72 cm long. What is the length of:
A piece of string

a\(\dfrac{1}{4}\) of the string	cm
b\(\dfrac{1}{8}\) of the string	cm
c\(\dfrac{5}{8}\) of the string	cm
d\(\dfrac{7}{8}\) of the string?	cm

Question 4

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