Question

4/7 of students at a school are boys. If there are 2723 students at the school, how many are girls?

Answer 1

Answer: 1167 girls.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Fraction of students at a school are boys=$\dfrac{4}{7}$

If there are 2723 students at the school, then by using multiplication operation.

The number of boys in the school=$\dfrac{4}{7}\times2723$

$=1556$

Now, the number of girls in school= Total students- Number of boys

=2723-1556=1167

Hence, there are 1167 girls.

Answer 2

4/7= 0.571
2723 x 0.571= 1554