Question

There are 290 boys and girls in a soccer league. There are 110 girls. How many boys are there? Let b be the number of boys. Choose an equation with a variable to represent the problem.

Answer 1

Given:

The number of boys and girls = 290

The number of girls = 110

Let the number of boys = b

So, the equation to represent the problem will be:

$b+110=290$

solve to find b

b + 110 = 290

b = 290 - 110

b = 180

So, the number of boys = 180