5/8 Of a class are boys. what fraction of the class are girls

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    5/8 Of a class are boys. what fraction of the class are girls?

    The total class equals 1. Since 5/8 are boys, we subtract 5/8 from 1:
    1 - 5/8

    But we can write 1 as 8/8. So we have
    8/8 - 5/8

    Type this fraction operation into our search engine and we get:
    3/8 are girls
     

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