Question

In a school,3/5 of the pupils were boys and there were 240 girls. How many boys were in the school.

Answer 1

If 2/5 is 240 then 1/5 is 120..multiply 120 by 5 which is 600 so...

600=total

Then..multiply 120 by 3 which will give the 3/5 boys which is 360 so...

360 boys

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