Question

There are 36 students in mrs.Keaton's sixth grade class. If 5/12 of her students are girls, how many girls are in the class?

Answer 1

There are 15 girls in the class. 

Answer 2

There are 15 girls in the class.

Explanation:

There are 36 students in Mrs Keaton's sixth grade class.

If
`(5)/(12)` fraction of the class are girls then we have to calculate the number of girls in the class.

Since number of girls in the class =
`(5)/(12)` of 36

=
`(5)/(12)* 36`

= 5×3

= 15 girls

Therefore, number of girls in the class is 15.