Question 1057630

Your teacher gives out 4 pencils to each student. The class has one third more boys than girls. The total amount of pencils for the girls is 36. How many boys are in the class?
<pre>Since 36 pencils were distributed to girls, and 4 pencils were given to EACH student, it follows that the number of girls = {{{matrix(1,3, 36/4, or, 9)}}}
Number of boys: {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,12, 1/3, of, 9, plus, 9, "====>", (1/3) * 9 + 9, or, 3 + 9, ",", or, 12))}}}
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