Question

The student population of a school consists of 300 girls and 500 boys is 53 percent of the girls play a sport and 39 percent of the boys play sports who plays more sports

Answer 1

the boys because 50% of 300 is less than 39% of 500

Answer 2

Set up the comparison thus,
0.53(300) vs 0.39(500)

that is, 53*3 vs 39*5