3/5 of a group of children are girls.if there are 40 children in the group what fraction is boys?

The fraction of boys are 2/5 and 16 are boys

Himanshi

3/5 ek group of children are girls. if there are 40 children in the group what fraction is boys ?

To find the fraction of boys in the group, we first need to calculate the fraction of girls.

We know that 3/5 of the group are girls. So, we can write this fraction in terms of the number of girls to the total number of children:

Fraction of girls = Number of girls / Total number of children

If we let 'x' represent the number of girls, we have:

3/5 = x / 40

To solve for 'x', we can cross-multiply:

5x = 3 * 40
5x = 120

Dividing both sides by 5 gives us:

x = 120 / 5
x = 24

Therefore, there are 24 girls in the group.

Since the total number of children is 40, the number of boys can be found by subtracting the number of girls from the total:

Number of boys = Total number of children - Number of girls
Number of boys = 40 - 24
Number of boys = 16

So, there are 16 boys in the group.

To find the fraction of boys, we can use the same formula as before:

Fraction of boys = Number of boys / Total number of children
Fraction of boys = 16 / 40

Simplifying the fraction gives us:

Fraction of boys = 2/5

Therefore, 2/5 of the group are boys.

If 3/5 of the group is girls, then 2/5 of the group must be boys, right? It doesn't matter how many are in the group; the fractions will remain the same.