document.write( "Question 401651: There are 464 students in a school. Five-eights of them are girls. How many girls are there in the school? How many are boys? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #284276 by algebrahouse.com(1659)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \"There are 464 students in a school. Five-eights of them are girls. How many girls are there in the school? How many are boys?\"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "464 total students \n" ); document.write( "5/8 are girls\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "girls = 464 x 5/8 \n" ); document.write( "= (464 x 5)/8 \n" ); document.write( "= 2320/8 {could have also cancelled before multiplying} \n" ); document.write( "= 290 are girls\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "boys = total - 290 (girls) \n" ); document.write( "= 464 - 290 \n" ); document.write( "= 174 boys\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "www.algebrahouse.com \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |