Question

Three sevenths of a children's choir are boys. There are 12 boys in the choir.

How many children in total are in the choir?

Answer 1

There are a total of 28 children in the choir.

Explanation:

3 is the numerator and 7 is the denominator. since 3/7ths are boys, the numerator is boys and the denominator is total children in the choir. the new numerator is 12 for the boys. you have to multiply 3 by 4 to get to 12. You have to do the same thing to the denominator. So, multiply 7 by 4 to get 28. Therefore, there are 28 total childeren in the choir.

Answer 2

28

Step-by-step explanation: 3/7th of the choir = 12

12 divided by 3 is 4

4 times 7 = 28