下表显示了六年级 C 班学生最喜欢的科目。它用于绘制所示的扇形统计图。数学是学生中最受欢迎的科目。表格中的某些部分已被遮盖。

英语	[被遮盖]	科学	[被遮盖]
12	16	[被遮盖]	8

有多少名学生选择科学作为他们最喜欢的科目？ 答：___

1. Identify the subjects and their corresponding number of students from the table

The subjects are English, Mathematics, Science, and Chinese.
From the table, English has 12 students.
The other two given numbers are 16 and 8.
Since Mathematics is the most favourite subject, it must have the highest number of students. Thus, Mathematics has 16 students, and Chinese has 8 students.

2. Find the total number of students who chose English, Mathematics, and Chinese

Total for English, Mathematics, and Chinese = $12 + 16 + 8 = 36$

3. Determine the percentage of students who chose English, Mathematics, and Chinese

Percentage of students who chose Science = $28\%$
Percentage of students who chose English, Mathematics, and Chinese = $100\% - 28\% = 72\%$

4. Calculate the number of students who chose Science

$72\%$ of the students $\rightarrow 36$
$1\%$ of the students $\rightarrow 36 \div 72 = 0.5$
$28\%$ of the students $\rightarrow 0.5 \times 28 = 14$
So, 14 students chose Science.