There are 24 students in Mr.Hills class. The number of boys and number of girls are both prime numbers. There are 2 more boys then girls. How many boys and how many girls are in each class?

Answer 1

the only small twin primes are

3,5
5,7
11,13
17,19

which of those pairs add to 24?

Answer 2

11 and 13. Thank you. We didn't learn prime and composite numbers but still have homework on it.