Question

At barlow school 4/9 of the 873 students are boys at willow school 2/3 of the 630 students are girls which school has the greater number of boys and by how many

Answer 1

There are 178 more boys in Barlow school as compared to Willow school.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Barlow school:

Total number of students = 873

Number of boys =

`=(4)/(9)* 873 = 388`

Willow school:

Total number of students = 630

Number of girls =

`=(2)/(3)* 630 = 420`

Number of boys =

Total number of students - total number of girls

`=630-420 = 210`

Thus, Barlow school has greater number of boys than Willow school.

Difference between the number of boys =

`=388-210\\=178`

Thus, there are 178 more boys in Barlow school as compared to Willow school.