Question 1118565: There were 90 children at the birthday party.If 3/5 of them were boys,how manay were girls? Step by step Found 2 solutions by t0hierry, rothauserc:Answer by t0hierry(194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3/5 of 90 children were boys. That means 2/5 of 90 were girls, because 3/5 + 2/5 = 5/5 = 1.
2/5 * 90 = 180/5 = 36
Therefore there were 36 girls at the birthday party.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 90 children at the birthday party
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90 * (3/5) = 54 of the children are boys, then
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90 - 54 = 36 of the children are girls
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