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Creative Writing
it really is culture and economic dependent as you note. In my mind I tried to compare kids in Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iran, UK, Denmark, and the US. In those countries, growing up is considerably different for boys vs boys, and girls vs girls. It is hard for me to make a list. ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:36am by bobpursley
Math
There are 12 girls and 9 boys in Mrs. Johnson's classroom. She said that if she randomly selects one student from her classroom the probability that it is a boy is 3/4. Which mistake did Mrs. Johnson make? A. She divided the number of girls by the total number of students...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6:34pm by Anne
Math
There are 12 girls and 9 boys in Mrs. Johnson's classroom. She said that if she randomly selects one student from her classroom the probability that it is a boy is 3/4. Which mistake did Mrs. Johnson make? A. She divided the number of girls by the total number of students...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 5:02pm by Willow
math
There are 12 girls in one of the fifth grade classes. The number of girls is two-thirds the number of boys, b. The number of boys can be found using the equation 2/3b=12. How many boys are in the class?
Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 5:22pm by Anonymous
Gen Math
Let me just correct the 2nd line I posted: "In the question we have been told that 'twice the # of boys' = 'twice the # of boys - 63' girls. " That is wrong. I meant to say: "The # of girls = twice the # of boys-63"
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:02pm by Lena
problem solving
A play is being put on at the school. There are 9 possible roles for girls who are trying out and 10 roles for boys who are trying out. If 16 girls and 12 boys try out, and everyone acts perfectly the same as one another, what percent of chance do the girls have of getting in...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 4:56pm by Jill
Diversity in the Classroom
I need to explain why these misconceptions are not true. Could you please help me with this? 1. Boys who participate in the arts are more likely to be homosexual. 2. Girls are more interested in domestic arts than boys. in auto shop and wood shop than girls are. 4. Boys are ...
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 8:05am by B.B.
mathss
Can someone explain how to do this: There are 100 boys , 80 girls, and 20 teachers. Out of these, how many ways can 2 girls, 2 boys and 1 teacher (all together in a group of 5) be chosen?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 4:44am by Rebekah
math
let the number of boys be 33x and the number of girls be 37x (notice 33x : 37x = 33:37 ) 33x + 37x = 350 70x = 350 x = 5 so number of boys = 33(5) = 165 number of girls = 37(5) = 185 So 20 more girls than boys take algebra check: notice 165+185 = 350 and 165:185 = 33:37 No ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 5:56pm by Reiny
math
Please explain in detail how to solve each question: At a certain high school, 350 students are taking an algebra course. The ratio of boys to girls taking algebra is 33:37. How many more girls are taking algebra than boys? How can you write a system of equations to model the ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 5:56pm by Jane
7th grade math
There are 48 students in a school play. The ratio of boys to girls is 5:7. How many boys are in the school play? Explain how you found your answer.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 9:06pm by Mercedez
math
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in a stamp club was 3 : 2 last year. When 15 boys joined the club this year, the ratio became 2 : 3. Find the total number of children in the club this year.
Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 10:52pm by jane
math
PLS help There are 3 times as many girls as boys in a school choir. What is the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of childern? Thank you for your help
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 1:47pm by ST pls ASAP
math
40% of the 25 students in the class are boys. Write 40% as a fraction? Then find the ratio of girls to boys in the class. 10 of the students are boys the ratio would be 10:15? would 40% as a fraction be 4/10??
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 9:21pm by Jill
English Expression
At face value, it sounds as if there are five people in the park -- counting both boys and girls. If you want to state the exact numbers of each, you'd say, "There are five boys and six girls in the park." (or whatever numbers you have in mind) If you want one to...
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 10:47am by Writeacher
math
8) A high school graduating class is made up of 445 students. There are 97 more girls than boys. How many boys are in the class? A) 445 boys B) 271 boys C) 97 boys D) 174 boys
Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 10:24am by chchch
Gen Math
For this problem let us assume that 'B' represents # of boys and 'G' represents # of girls In the question we have been told that 'twice the # of boys' = 'twice the # of boys - 63' girls. Total # of students = B + G 228= B + (2B-63) 228 = B + 2B...
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:02pm by Lena
Math
There are 1170 students in a school. The ration of girls to boys is 23 : 22. The system below describes..? relationships between the number of girls and the number of boys. g+b=1170 g/b=22/23 a. Solve the proportion for g. b. Solve the system. c. How many more girls are there ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:13pm by Angie
math/ratios
There are 77 students in the student council. The ratio of girls to boys is 7:4. How many girls are in the student council?
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:14pm by sam
math/ratios
There are 77 students in the student council. The ratio of girls to boys is 7:4. How many girls are in the student council?
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:13pm by sam
algebra
what is the ratio of 22 boys to 26 girls
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 9:51am by roblyn
Math
True or False: The ratio of boys to girls in Miss Bennet's class is 2:1. This ratio means there are two boys and one girl in Miss Bennet's class.- Is it true or False, and WHY?
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 6:18pm by Losa
math
Suppose the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a class is 7:3. What percent of the class is girls?
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 9:02pm by Jillian
algebra1
there is an class of 28 students.13 students are girls. what is the ratio of girls to boys in the class?
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 2:16pm by Anonymous
proof read these 2 sentences
There are so many gifted athletes on both the boys and the girls side it is unbelievable. On any given Sunday there is a log jam of competitors on multiple tours (AJGA, TJGT, FCWT, etc.) all trying to out shoot each other and go low to take the tournament! should it be the ...
Friday, December 21, 2007 at 2:23pm by Anonymous
Gen Math
A school dance has 228 students. There are 63 fewer girls than twice as many boys. How many boys and girls attended the dance?
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:02pm by Katie
math
I assume you are asking about their birth order. Otherwise, there is only one way to have 3 boys and 2 girls: have 3 boys and 2 girls! 5!/(3!2!) = 10
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 1:27pm by Steve
math HELP PLZ DO MINE
Your problem states that there are 8 more girls than boys. Your answer has 16 more girls than boys.
Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 3:27pm by Ms. Sue
MATHS
More information is needed. As long as there are N girls and N-1 boys, and all of the girls were born before the boys, N could be any number 1 or greater. Did you leave out some additional information?
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 12:46am by drwls
math
to begin, A = 5/2 B a boys joined A 32/4 = 8, so 8A boys joined the group.so, A = 1/8 A b girls joined B So, now there are B+b = 1/3(9A) = 3A 5/2 A + b = 3A b = 1/2 A b = 1/2 * 1/8 A = a/16 example: A=12 B=30 A/4 = 3, so 3*32 = 96 boys joined A, making 1-8 boys in all B+b = ...
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 9:16pm by Steve
French
Well, you don't take anything off! You must memorize: she = elle they (all girls) = elles he = il they (all boys or boys and girls mixed) = ils Sra (aka Mme)
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 5:04pm by SraJMcGi
math
class 33 girls x+5 boys x x+x+5=33 2x=28 x=14 boys and 19 girls
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 5:38pm by Millie
math
For every 9 students there are 5 girls and 4 boys. 144/9 = ? Multiply that by 5 for the girls and 4 for the boys. Check by seeing if they = 144.
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 12:17pm by PsyDAG
child care
although boys and girls are relatively equal in physical abilities during middle childhood, girls tend to be_____ than boys. a)faster, b)more flexible, c)stronger in their upper bodies, d)much better at throwing
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 7:44pm by glenda
Math
I dont get how C is wrong. The ratio for girls to boys is 8/10 and it rounds to 4/5
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 6:39pm by Jerald
math
in a class of 18 students at school there are half as many girls as boys. How many girls are in the class? how many boys?
Monday, September 10, 2012 at 6:18pm by sarah
Math
Ms Sue probably meant to say let x = the number of boys then x+16 is the number of girls x + x+16 = 92 2x = 92-16 2x=76 x = 38 the number of boys is 38 the number of girls is 54 check: do they add up to 92 ? YES are there 16 more girls than boys ? YES
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 5:26pm by Reiny
Math
There are twice as many girls as boys in the 4th grade classes at Joe's school. There are a total of 81 4th graders. How many boys and girls are there in the 4th?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 6:07pm by marsha
arithmetic
25% of 80 is 20 so, there are 20 girls and 60 boys 10% of the boys is 6 20% of the girls is 4 so, I guess you can figure out how many attended . . .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 9:08am by Steve
algebra
the number of boys is ten less than double the number of girls, if the total number of students is 38 how many boys and girls are in the class
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:47pm by Anonymous
college math
Assume that there are 11 girls and 9 boys in the neighborhood club, and a team of 6 is to be selected. How many different teams can be selected if each team must contain exactly 3 girls and 3 boys?
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:34pm by Haley
Math 157
A group of 10 students consists of 3 girls and 7 boys. How many ways can the students be arranged from left to right if the first 3 students are girls and the remaining students are all boys?
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 10:18am by Rena
math
Assume that there are 11 girls and 9 boys in the neighborhood club, and a team of 6 is to be selected.How many different teams can be selected if each team must contain exactly 3 girls and 3 boys?
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 6:34pm by Kayla
math
there are 7 boys and 6 girls willing to serve on a committee. how many 7-member committees are possible if a committee is to contain: a) 3 boys and 4 girls b) at least one member of each sex? thank in advance!!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:33pm by anonymous
math
franklin school has 3 boys for every 4 girls in the fifth grade.there is 140 students in the fifth grade. A. how many are boys and how many are girls??? pleassseee helpppp meeeeee!!!!
Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 12:12pm by wobble it
psychology
Since girls can dress like boys without sanction, but boys get sanctioned for dressing like girls, I would not choose A. I would prefer B.
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 9:14pm by PsyDAG
math
Atdewberry Elementary there are 5 times as many boys than girls. Let (b) represent the number of boys. Which expression shows the number of girls students at the school. a. 5xb b. 5 divided by b c. b divided by 5 d. bx5 my answer is B. Is this correct?
Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 12:57pm by vera
Math
At a summer camp there are 60 girls and 30 boys. Twenty percent of girls and 40% of boys passed the swimming test. What percent of the campers passed. Please show working.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 2:38pm by Devon
Algebra
There are 37 students in an algebra class. there are 9 more girls than boys. how many boys and how many girls are in the class? I have to use systems of equations to solve.
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 6:15pm by Jennifer
facts in africa
Why is it that more boys than girls go to school in Africa? It says that for every 100 boys there are 83 girls enrolled in school. Why so few?
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:33pm by Help!
math
franklin school has 3 boys for every four girls in the fifth grade. there are 140 students in the fifth grade. a.how many are boys? b.how many are girls?
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 7:24pm by cindy
maths project
in a class there are 46 students out of them 20 are girls and 26 are boys,find ratio
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 7:39am by suraj
People
actually, that is a myth. If you know of a boy who think that way, he is a shallow idiot, avoid him. Most boys like girls who are nice to them, friendly, helpful, honest (not fake). Boys growing up try to show off a lot, and in doing that, they act stupid and silly about girls...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 9:41pm by bobpursley
math
At a festival, 2/7 of the number of girls was equal to 3/5 of the number of boys. There were 165 fewer boys than girls. How many children were at the festival in all?
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 8:36pm by Tyler
Math
At a festival, 2/7 of the number of girls was equal to 3/5 of the number of the boys. There were 165 fewer boys than girls, how many children were at the festival in all?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 4:23pm by Ana
math
there are 189 students in the band.the difference between the number of boys and the number of girls is 27.How many boys and girls each in the band?
Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 8:49pm by ryan
Math
There are 189 students in the band. The difference between the number of boys and the number of girls is 27. How many boys and girls each are in the band?
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 1:58pm by KC
MATH
ONE CLASS HAS 9 FEWER BOYS THAN GIRLS.TOGETHER THERE ARE 33 STUDENTS. WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF BOYS IN THE CLASS? THE NUMBER OF GIRLS?
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 12:33pm by MAG
aed204
• Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation addressing the following points: o Explain ways to debunk three of the five gender misconceptions listed above based on the results of the peer discussion and your own University Library research. o ...
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 9:04pm by scooby
math
ok this is in my practice book. there are 33 students in the chess club. there are five more boys than girls in the club. write and solve a system of equations to find the number of boys and girls in the chess club?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 7:28pm by ariel
spanish
You would use "ustedes" to be polite. If Castillian were spoken, you'd use "vosotros" for boys or boys and girls mixed but "vosotras" for girls only. In La Argentina, you would use "vos." Sra
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 4:13pm by SraJMcGin
DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM
Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation addressing the following points: o Explain ways to debunk three of the five gender misconceptions listed above based on the results of the peer discussion and your own University Library research. o Explain ...
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 6:30pm by scooby
math
A team of five is randomly chosen from six girls and seven boys. How many different ways can the team be chosen if there must be more girls than boys in the team?
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:29am by donson
math
A club has 32 members only 1/4 are boys. How many more boys would they need to have at least 1/3 boys if no more girls are added?
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:37pm by jake
statistics
A school adjustment inventory is administered to boys and girls of primary school.Find out weather two groups differ significantly from each other Number mean Std deviation Boys 100 32 10 girls 100 30 6
Friday, October 5, 2012 at 9:40pm by Bhagya
math
Well if 1/5th of the girls and 1/8th of the boys when we put this as a whole fraction, we get 13/40th of the grade went to the camp. We do this by making both fractions have a common demoninator (bottom) then simply adding them to find fraction of boys and girls(all of the ...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 2:18am by AJ
maths
3/5 boys, 1/10 girls, the remainder were adults First, find the LCD, 10 3/5 = 6/10 6/10 boys + 1/10 girls = 7/10 total children that were spectators
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 7:34am by Helper
Math (5th grade)
There are 8 more girls than boys in the Math Club. The club has 44 memebers. How many boys and how many girls are in the club? Show your work.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8:50pm by Leann
Math
A teacher is trying to pick 7 students to represent his class at an upcoming state competition. If there are 18 boys and 10 girls in the class, in how many ways can the teacher pick 4 boys and 3 girls to attend the event?
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 4:59pm by Meghan
math
There are 6x boys and 4x girls. add them up: 10x = 300, so x=30. There are 180 boys and 120 girls. (180-30):(120-20) = 150:100 = 3:2
Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 9:26am by Steve
math
Two representatives are chosen at random from a group of 100 students that has 50 girls and 50 boys. What is the probability that the representatives seledted are either both boys or both girls?
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 8:59pm by karen
math
boys --- x girls --- 3x total ---- 4x ratio of girls to total = 3x : 4x = 3 : 4
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 1:47pm by Reiny
math
Let b be the number of boys, g be the number of girls. "54 pupils in class" b + g = 54 "3 more boys than girls" b = g+3
Monday, June 11, 2012 at 6:06am by Pendergast
Math
Im trying to help my daughter with some math homework and Im stuck can you help me please this is the problem Jeremy has been home sick with the flu for the last 7 days. While absent from school, he got 31 get well cards from friends. there were 5 more cards from girls than ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 5:54pm by Jay
mathss
How many ways can 2 girls be chosen from 80? n = 80 r = 2 C(n,r) = n!/[r!(n-r)!] = 80!/[2!(78!)] 80*79/2 = 3160 then 2 boys from 100 100*99/2 = 4950 then 1 teacher from 20 is obviously 20 I now have 3160 groups of girls, 4950 groups of boys and 20 groups of teachers. The ways ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 4:44am by Damon
Maths
A moment ago, 80% of the children in a hall were girls. 48 girls and 2 boys left the hall. The remaining children were then told to form groups of 9. In each group, there were 2 boys. How many children were there in the hall first?
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 9:14am by Surya
math/ratios
number of girls --- 7x numbero boys ---- 4x 7x + 4x = 77 11x = 77 x= 7 so we have 49 girls and 28 boys
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:13pm by Reiny
math
ration 3:4 ratio 4:15 boys: 3:10 girls: 4:15
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 6:01pm by bobpursley
algebra 1 help
i have 8 coins in my pocket all are either nickles or dimes. they total 70 cents how many nickels and how many dimes do i have? there are 28 members of the co-ed flag football team, this icludes 6 more boys than girls. how many boys and how many girls are there on the team.
Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 2:10pm by anonymous
Maths
A school has 1800 pupils. 55% of the pupils are girls. 30% of the girls and 70% pf the boys travel by bus. a.) How many girls travel by bus? b.) How many boys travel by bus? c.) What percentage of the pupils travel by bus?
Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 6:05am by Student56
5th math
x = number of boys x + 4 = number of girls x + x + 4 = 30 2x + 4 = 30 2x = 26 x = 13 x = number of boys = 13 x + 4 = number of girls = 13 + 4 = 17 13 boys + 17 girls = 30
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 12:27am by go suc dick
math
Make a simple chart ....class A......class B boys .. girls...boys .. girls 3y ...... 3x.......5y .... 2x we know 3y+3x = 5y+2x x = 2y ration of girls to boys in class B = 2x : 5y = 2(2y) : 5y = 4 : 5 There is no unique solution , just pick any value for y e.g. using y = 5, ...
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 5:29am by Reiny
Math
A math class has girls and boys in the seventh grade and girls and boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and an eighth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both girls? Write your ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 11:43am by MADISON
math
Posted by vera on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 12:57pm. At dewberry Elementary there are 5 times as many boys than girls. Let (b) represent the number of boys. Which expression shows the number of girls students at the school. a. 5xb b. 5 divided by b c. b divided by 5 d. bx5 ...
Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 12:57pm by vera
Math
Easy. Ok "Half the boys said....yes" which means half said no. 17 said no so that means 17 out of 34 boys know to swim. Now for the girls, we know there are 34 boys so that leaves 66 girls total. 66 multiplied by 2/3 is 44. (44 girls said yes.) 44+34= 78. Therefore ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 7:33pm by Daniel
Statistics
In planning a family of 4 children assume boys and girls are equally likely on each birth. Find (i) the probability distribution (ii) the expected number of boys (iii) the standard deviation of the number of boys.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:20pm by Donald Crentsil
6th grade Math
The number of girls in a class is 70% of the number of boys. If the class has 25 boys, how many girls are in the class?
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:02pm by Vickie
math
there are 80 students in math club. For every 5 girls, there are 3 boys. How many girls & boys in club.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 3:34pm by mary
math
The 5th grade marching band includes boys & girls. There are 28 boys in a marching band. The boys are 7/10 of the students in the marching band. What fraction of students in the marching band girls? What is the total number of students in the marching band?
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 6:16pm by nina
Math
It's false. Why do you think it's false? What does a ratio mean? Could there be 20 boys and 10 girls in the class?
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 6:18pm by Ms. Sue
math
Math word problem: There are 25 students in Mrs. Roberts 3rd grade class. There are 9 more boys than girls in the class. How many boys and girls are in Mrs. Robert's class.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 5:40pm by Lisa
biology
Here are the ways it can happen: all boys, only one way. bbbb three boys, one girl, four ways: bbbg bbgb bgbb gbbb 2girls, two boys six ways. ggbb gbgb gbbg bggb bgbg bbgg three g, one boy, same as 3b,one g four ways. four girls gggg one way. so probaby of two girls, two boys...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 9:53pm by bobpursley
Estimation and Computation
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2:3. If a student is chosen at random to be on the student council, what is the probability it will be a girl?
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 2:32am by Taylor
math HELP PLZ DO MINE
In a school of 230 students, half of the boys and two-thirds of the girls own at least one pet. A total of 95 students do not own any pet. How many boys and how many girls are there in the school?
Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 3:27pm by Theresa Williams
statistics
Proofread your questions before you post them. "20 of them are girls and boys"? I will asume 20 are girls and 30 are boys. P(fair) = 5/50 p(rich) = 10/50 p(IQ) = 3/50 P(girl) = 20/50 Probability of all events occurring is found by multiplying the individual ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 1:25am by PsyDAG
math/hurry
there are 3 boys for every 4 girls.how many are boys in a class of 42?
Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 1:39am by mel
math
in a class there are 4 boys for every 6 girls. there are 54 pupils. how many boys are there?
Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:10am by che
math
if there are 10 more girls than boys in a club with 60 members, how many are boys?
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 1:22pm by grace
Permutation
In how many ways can 5 boys and 5 girls be seated around a table so that no 2 boys are adjacent?
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 5:25am by Rey
spanish
chicos = perhaps not people, but kids! (or boys/boys and girls) Sra
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:36pm by SraJMcGin
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