Question

The total number of students in rolled at Berkmar middle school is 1400 students the ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 4 for the school how many students are boys and how many students are girls at Berkmar Middle school

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of students = 1400

The ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 4 for the school.

To find:

The number of boys and girls.

Solution:

We have, Boy : Girls = 3:4.

Let number of boys be 3x and number of girls be 4x.

Total number of students = 1400

`3x+4x=1400`

`7x=1400`

Divide both sides by 7.

`x=200`

Now,

Number of boys
`=3* 200=600`

Number of girls
`=4* 200=800`

Therefore, the number of boys is 600 and number of girls is 800 in the Berkmar Middle school.