SOLUTION: Two part question of a word problem. South middle school has 750 students North middle school has 13/15 times as many students as south. Does North middle school have more or fe

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Question 1007289: Two part question of a word problem.
South middle school has 750 students North middle school has 13/15 times as many students as south. Does North middle school have more or fewer than 750 students? how many students attend North middle school?
Found 2 solutions by fractalier, MathTherapy:
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
South has 750 students.
North has 13/15 of that, which is less than 750.
13/15 of 750 is found by multiplying
(13/15)(750) = 650 students at North.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Two part question of a word problem.
South middle school has 750 students North middle school has 13/15 times as many students as south. Does North middle school have more or fewer than 750 students? how many students attend North middle school?
North has  of number that South has, and  is < 1, so obviously, North has less students than South. 

Number North has:  =  students 

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