The number of boys in the canteen was
59 that of the girls. There were 248 more girls than boys. After some girls had left the canteen, the number of boys at the canteen was five times the number of the remaining girls. How many girls left the canteen?
|
Girls |
Boys |
Difference |
Before |
9 u |
5 u |
4 u |
Change |
- ? |
|
|
After |
1 u |
5 u |
|
The number of boys at first and in the end remains unchanged.
Number of more girls than boys at first
= 9 u - 5 u
= 4 u
4 u = 248
1 u = 248 ÷ 4 = 62
Number of girls that left
= 9 u - 1 u
= 8 u
= 8 x 62
= 496
Answer(s): 496