Question

There are between 24 and 40 students in a class.

The ratio of boys to girls is 4:7
How many students are in the class?

Answer 1

Given:

There are between 24 and 40 students in a class.

The ratio of boys to girls is 4:7

To find:

The number of students in the class.

Solution:

Let the number of boys are girls are 4x and 7x respectively, where, x must be a positive integer because number of boys and girls is always a positive integer. Then, the total number of students is

`\text{Total students}=4x+7x`

`\text{Total students}=11x`

It means total number of students is multiply of 11.

Multiples of 11 are 11, 22, 33, 44, ... . So, multiples of 11 between 24 and 40 is 33.

Therefore, the total number of students in the class is 33.