Question

About 0.6 of all the students in the fifth grade are boys. If the fifth grade has 55 students, how many of

Answer 1

Answer: 33 students

Step-by-step explanation:

If 0.6 of all students are boys, then 55*0.6 students in fifth grade are boys.

55*0.6 = 33 students

Answer 2

Answer:

33

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the amount of boys then...

$x=0.6*55$

Simplify the equation

$x=\frac{6}{10}*55\\x=\frac{3}{5}*55\\x=\frac{165}{5}\\x=33$

33 of the students are boys