Question

⅝ of a school's population are girls. There are 129 boys. If each classroom can hold 25 students. How many classroom does the school have ?​

Answer 1

AT least 14 classrooms to hold the total number of students

Explanation:

Since we don't know the numer of girls in the school, let's call it "x".

What we know is that the number of girls plus the number of boys gives the total number of students. This is:

x + 129 = Total number of students

Now, since 5/8 of the total number of students are girls, and understanding that 5/8 = 0.625 in decimal form, then we write the equation that states:

"5/8 of the school's population are girls" as:

0.625 (x + 129) = x

then we solve for "x":

0.625 x + 0.625 * 129 = x

0.625 * 129 = x - 0.625 x

80.625 = x (1 - 0.625)

80.625 = 0.375 x

x = 80.625/0.375

x = 215

So now we know that the total number of students is: 215 + 129 = 344

and if each classroom can hold 25 students, the number of classroom needed for 344 students is:

344/25 = 13.76

so at least 14 classrooms to hold all those students