Question

If there are 24 boys and 28 girls in a class,

a.) what part of the class are boys?
Simplify your answer____
b.)what part of the class are girls?
Simplify your answer____​

Answer 1

6/13, 7/13

Explanation:

First, we would have to add up all of the students, then divide the number of girls or boys by that number.

24 + 28 = 52

There are 52 total students in the class.

Now, let's take that number and divide it by 24 (number of boys).

52 ÷ 24 = 24/52

We can simplify this by dividing by 4.

24 ÷ 4 = 6

If we do this to the top, we need to do it to the bottom.

52 ÷ 4 = 13

Therefore, the number of boys in the classroom is 6/13.

Now for the girls, we do the same.

Divide the total amount of children by the number of girls.

28 ÷ 52 = 28/52

We can simplify this by dividing by 4 as well.

28 ÷ 4 = 7

52 ÷ 4 = 13

The number of girls in the class is 7/13.