Question

5 schools sent some students to a conference.
One of the schools sent both boys and girls.
This school sent 16 boys.
The ratio of the number of boys it sent to the number of girls it sent was 1 : 2
The other 4 schools sent only girls.
Each of the 5 schools sent the same number of students.
Work out the total number of students sent to the conference by these 5 schools.

Answer 1

School 1:
16 boys
Boys: Girls = 1:2
Girls= Boys x2
Girls = 32
Total students= girls + boys = 16 + 32 = 48

All 5 schools sent the same number of students
48 x 5 = 240
Answer = 240