There are 28 students in Mrs. Macon’s class, and 16 of them are boys. Determine how many are girls by counting up on the number line.

Question

(1 point)
Responses

12 girls
12 girls

16 girls
16 girls

14 girls
14 girls

18 girls
18 girls

Answer 1

To determine how many girls are in Mrs. Macon’s class, we can subtract the number of boys from the total number of students.

Total students = 28
Boys = 16

To find the number of girls:
Number of girls = Total students - Boys
Number of girls = 28 - 16 = 12

So, there are 12 girls in the class.

The correct response is: 12 girls