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 a greater of boys and how many?

Answer 1

Barlow School has the greater number of boys by 178.

Answer 2

Barlow school by 178

Explanation:

→ First let's work out the number of boys at Barlow school

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

→ There is 388 boys in Barlow school. Now let's work out the number of boys at Willow school. Since we know that
`(2)/(3)` of the school is girls, it must mean that the remaining part must be boys so the fraction of boys at Willow school is
`(1)/(3)`

`(1)/(3)` of
`630`
`=`
`(630/3)*1`
`=` 210

→ The question specifies to say which school has a greater number of boys and we can see Barlow school has more boys and the question says by how many so we take away the totals so 388 - 210 = 178