Question

Write an equation for the following word problem. Use b for the number of boys and g for the number of girls. There are eight fewer boys than girls in Mrs. Davis' class. How many boys are in the class?

Answer 1

b = g - 8

If you know the number of girls, you will find the number of boys.

Answer 2

There are more girls than boys in the class. So the answer would be, g - 8 = b.