Question

There are 40 students in a classroom and 2/5 are boys. How many students are boys?

Answer 1

16 i think cause 40 divided by 5 is 8 and theres 2/5 so 16

Answer 2

The total number of student in the class is 40

The fraction of boys in the class is

`(2)/(5)`

Let the number of the Boys in the classroom be Y

Hence Y

`\begin{gathered} Y=(2)/(5)*40 \\ Y=2*8=16 \end{gathered}`

Therefore the number of the Boys in the classroom is 16