Question

There are 591 students participating in field day. Two thirds are boys. How many are girls?

Answer 1

394 of the students are boys

197 are girls

Explanation:

We are told that 2/3 of the participants are boys; therefore, we conclude that 1/3 are girls.

Therefore, to find the number of girls participating, we multiply 1/3 by the total number of participants (591).

`(1)/(3)*591`
`=(591)/(3)`
`=197.`

Hence, there are 197 girls participating.