Question

In a school , 5/6 of the students are boys and their are 240 girls. Find the total number of boys in the school, (with working)

Answer 1

Answer:

Let total number of students in the school be x.

Number of boys = 5x/6

Number of girls = 240

We can rewrite the equation as :

5x/6 + 240 = x

5x/6 = x-240

5x = 6(x-240)

5x = 6x-1440

x = 1440

Number of boys = 5/6 × 1440

= 1200.

I hope this helps.