In mrs Wilsons class there are 24 boys and the girls are 2/5 the class ... How many girls are in mrs Wilson class
C = numbers of students in class
Boys = 3 / 5 of the class
( 3 / 5 ) C = 24 Multiply both sides by 5
3 C = 24 * 5
3 C = 120 Divide both sides by 3
C = 120 / 3 = 40
girls = ( 2 / 5 ) * 40 = 80 / 5 = 16
To find out how many girls are in Mrs. Wilson's class, we first need to determine the total number of students in the class.
Since we know that there are 24 boys in the class, we can calculate the ratio of boys to girls as 24:G (where G represents the number of girls).
The ratio of boys to girls is given as 2/5. This means that for every 5 parts of students, 2 parts are girls.
To find the total number of students, we need to find a common multiple of 5 and 24. The least common multiple (LCM) of 5 and 24 is 120.
So, we can set up the equation: 5 parts + 24 parts = 120 parts.
Since the ratio of boys to girls is 2 boys for every 5 parts, we can write: 2/5 * 120 parts = 48 parts.
Therefore, there are 48 girls in Mrs. Wilson's class.