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4 years ago

there are 8 students on the minibus. five of the students are boys. what fraction of the students are boy

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meriva4 years ago

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Students on the minibus = 8
students that are boys = 5
fraction of the student that are boys = ?
we can write fraction as the numerator and denominator so here the fraction of boys students is = 5/8
this fraction means and shows that there are 5 students are boys from 8 students.

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