Question

24 litres of milk was distributed equally among all the students of a hostel. If each student got $\frac{2}{5}$ litre of milk, how many students are there in the hostel?

Answer 1

Quantity of milk given to each student = $\frac{2}{5}$ L
Total quantity of milk distributed among all the students = 24 L

∴ Number of students = $\left(24÷\frac{2}{5}\right)$

= $\left(24\times \frac{5}{2}\right)$ [∵ Reciprocal of $\frac{2}{5}$ = $\frac{5}{2}$]

= (12 $\times$ 5) = 60

Hence, there are 60 students in the hostel.