Question

in a class of c children there are sixteen boys what fraction of the class are boys

Answer 1

boys= 16/c

1) Given that in a class of "c" children, there are 16 boys we can write:

c children, 16 boys,? girls

2)If we had 100 children, 25 boys, and 75 girls the fraction of the number of boys would be: 25/100 = 1/4

3) Hence for the same reason, we can write the total number of boys/ C (total number of children) simply put:

$\text{boys}=\frac{16}{c}$

Because the number of boys is a part, a fraction of the number of children.