Question

In a school, 4/9 of the students are boys and the number of girls is 775. Find the number of boys in the school.

Answer 1

there are 4/5 as many boys as girls, so ...

Answer 2

let x = total number of students

(1-4/9)x = 755

x = 1359

1359 - 755 = ?

Answer 3

There are 9 bottles in the refrigerator. Each bottle holds liter of juice. How many liters of juice are in the refrigerator?

A student solved the problem this way:



There are 6 liters of juice in the refrigerator.

Use a similar strategy to solve this problem.

Each boy had cup of peanuts. There were 9 girls and 12 boys.

How many cups of peanuts did the boys have altogether?

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