Question

In Ms. Bennett's math class, there are 7 more boys than girls. If there are 29 total students in the class, how many boys are there? Write an equation to determine how many boys are the class?

Answer 1

To determine the number of boys in Ms. Bennett's math class, we can set up and solve an equation using the given information.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many boys are in Ms. Bennett's math class, we can set up an equation using the given information. Let's denote the number of girls as 'g' and the number of boys as 'b'. We know that there are 7 more boys than girls, so we can write the equation as b = g + 7. Since there are 29 total students in the class, we can also write the equation as g + b = 29. Now we can solve this system of equations simultaneously:

1. Substitute b = g + 7 into the second equation: g + (g + 7) = 29.
2. Combine like terms: 2g + 7 = 29.
3. Subtract 7 from both sides: 2g = 22.
4. Divide both sides by 2: g = 11.
5. Substitute g = 11 into the first equation: b = 11 + 7 = 18.

Therefore, there are

18 boys

in the class.