Question

A problem states: "There are 5 more girls than boys at the party. There are 27 children at th

party in all. How many boys are there at the party?"
Let b represent the number of boys.
Which expression represents the number of girls?

b+ 5
5-b
b.5
b-5

Answer 1

Option A, b + 5

Explanation:

Step 1: Determine the equation to find the amount of boys

b + (b + 5) = 27

b: represents boys

b + 5: represents girls where they equal 5 more than boys

Answer: Option A, b + 5