The fourth grade classroom has 13 girls and 14 boys. The fifth grade classroom has 15 girls and 11 boys. How many fewer girls are in the fourth grade classroom than in the fifth grade classroom?

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Genesis Amaya · Accepted Answer

#=2# #15-13# #=2#

Benjamin Altschul · Answer

The problem is more about the question than the answer.

#15-13 = 2# There are 2 girls less in 4th Grade.

Although the calculation required here is really easy, that is not the purpose of the question. This is so students can learn to read through a problem written in English, analyse the data given and answer the question that is asked. This requires the ability to understand what is given and to decide which of the information is relevant. In would be useful to summarise the information first so that it is easy to find the numbers we need, without having to wade through the whole sentence. We have the following: 4th Grade: 13 girls and 14 boys 5th Grade: 15 girls and 11 boys The are indeed fewer girls in Grade 4 and in Grade 5. How many fewer? This involved the concept of DIFFERENCE, which indicates a subtraction. #15-13 = 2#

Gabriel Agustin · Answer

undefined To find out how many fewer girls are in the fourth grade classroom than in the fifth grade classroom, we first need to determine the total number of girls in each classroom.

In the fourth grade classroom, there are 13 girls.

In the fifth grade classroom, there are 15 girls.

To find the difference in the number of girls between the two classrooms, we subtract the number of girls in the fourth grade from the number of girls in the fifth grade:

15 girls (fifth grade) - 13 girls (fourth grade) = 2

Therefore, there are 2 fewer girls in the fourth grade classroom than in the fifth grade classroom.