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Question from muhammad, a teacher: There are 1200 pupils in a school, 2/3 of them are girls, 1/4 of the boys are overweight. How many boys are overweight? |
Hi,
If 2/3 of the pupils are girls what fraction of the pupils are boys? There are 1200 pupils in total so how many are boys? 1/4 of these boys are overweight so how many boys are overweight?
Penny
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