SOLUTION: Please can you help me solve this?: There are 850 pupils in a school. 415 of the pupils are boys. What fraction of the pupils are girls?
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Question 1040307: Please can you help me solve this?: There are 850 pupils in a school. 415 of the pupils are boys. What fraction of the pupils are girls?
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There are 850 pupils in a school. 415 of the pupils are boys.
What fraction of the pupils are girls?
Find the number of girls
total kids - boys = girls
850 - 415 = 435 girls
therefore
of the total = girls
reduce the fraction, divide the top and bottom by 5
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