Question:
At a camp, Mrs Sitoh arranged the pupils into 4 equal groups of boys and 5 equal groups of girls. In every group of girls, the number of girls was 5 more than the number of boys in each group. 3/8 of all the pupils at the camp were boys. How many pupils were there altogether at the camp?
Solution:
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Why did they divide each group into 4
Hi! Are you referring to why each of the 5 groups of girls are divided further into 4 units?
Yes