Question

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

the students are boys?

Answer 1

Answer: 33 students

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

33

Explanation:

Let x represent the amount of boys then...

`x=0.6*55`

Simplify the equation

`x=(6)/(10)*55\\x=(3)/(5)*55\\x=(165)/(5)\\x=33`

33 of the students are boys