Question

4/7 of students at a school are boys. If there are 2723 students at the school, how many are girls?

Answer 1

4/7= 0.571
2723 x 0.571= 1554

Answer 2

Answer: 1167 girls.

Explanation:

Given : Fraction of students at a school are boys=
`(4)/(7)`

If there are 2723 students at the school, then by using multiplication operation.

The number of boys in the school=
`(4)/(7)*2723`

`=1556`

Now, the number of girls in school= Total students- Number of boys

=2723-1556=1167

Hence, there are 1167 girls.