Question

1) A class of 40 pupils 2/5 of them are boys.How many are girls?​

Answer 1

Answer:

if girls are 2/5, then the boys are 3/5

3/5 of the total students

3/5* 40 = 3*8

= 24 students are boys

Answer 2

Answer:

There is 24 girls in the class.

Step-by-step explanation:

This a math of fraction. Fraction means a a small part of an amount.In arithmetic, a number expressed as a quotient, in which a numerator is divided by a denominator is called fraction.

Here total number of pupils= 40

Number of boys=(2/5) of total pupils= (2/5)×40= 16

Now numbers of girls= 40-16 = 24