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Question
There are 32 children. `1/2` of them are girls. How many children are boys?
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Solution
Total number of children = 32
Half of them are girls, obviously half are boys.
Therefore, half of 32 = `1/2` × 32 = 16
Hence, 16 children are boys.
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