Question

there are 24 students in a class.8 of the students are boys. write the amount of of girls in the class as a fraction in its simplest form

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{1}{2}$ of the class are girls

Step-by-step explanation:

Since there are 8 boys in the class then there are

24 - 8 = 12 girls

Express as a fraction as

$\frac{numberof girls}{totalinclass}$ = $\frac{12}{24}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$