Question

North High School has 5000 students. South Highschool has 1/10 as many students as North Highschool. Hom many students are there are South Highschool?

Answer 1

SOLUTION

North High School has 5000 students

South Highschool has

$\frac{1}{10}\text{ of the students in North Highschool}$

The number of students in South Highschool will be

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{10}\times5000 \\ =500\text{ students } \end{gathered}$

Hence, the answer is 500 students