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There are 96 fourth graders at Small Tree intermediate school. 43 of them are girls. On Friday, 5 fourth grade girls and 4 fourth grade boys were absent. How many fourth grade boys were at small tree intermediate school on Friday?

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49 boys were present at small tree intermediate school on Friday

Explanation:

Given:

Number of Fourth graders at the Small Tree intermediate school =96

Number of Girls= 43

Number of girls absent on Friday= 5

Number of boys absent on Friday= 4

To find:

Number of fourth grade boys on Friday=?

Solution:

Let the number of boys be x

Then

Total number of students = Number of girls + Number of boys

=>96= 43+ x

=> 96 - 43=x

=> x=53

So, the total number of fourth grade boys = 53

On Friday, 4 boys were absent

So,

No of boys present on Friday= total number of boys - boys absent on Friday

No of boys present on Friday = 53-4

No of boys present on Friday = 49

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