in the local school there are 40 more girls than boys. the total number of students is 680. how many girls are in the school?

Answer 1

We know that the total number of girls plus the total number of boys equals 680. Let’s use G to represent girls and B to represent boys. Now let’s assign values to G amd

B. B=B G=B+40 Now add together B+B+40=680

2B+40=680

-40 -40

2B=640

/2 /2

B=320

If there are 680 students, and 320 are boys, there must be 360 girls.