Five-eights of the population of a village are men, one-sixth are children and the rest, 500 in number are women. How many children are there?

Answer 1

(5/8)x + (1/6)x + 500 = x

(15/24)x + (4/24)x + 500 = x

(19/24)x + 500 = x

500 = (5/24)x

500 / (5/24) = x

500 * (24/5) = x

2,400 = x

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(1/6) * 2,400 = __________ children

Answer 2

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