There are 96 fourth graders at Small Tree intermediate school. 43 of them are girls. On Friday, 5 fourth grade girls and 4 fourth grade boys were absent. How many fourth grade boys were at small tree intermediate school on Friday?

49 boys were present at small tree intermediate school on Friday

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of Fourth graders at the Small Tree intermediate school = 96

Number of Girls = 43

Number of girls absent on Friday = 5

Number of boys absent on Friday = 4

To find:

Number of fourth grade boys on Friday=?

Solution:

Let the number of boys be x

Then

Total number of students = Number of girls + Number of boys

=>96 = 43 + x

=> 96 - 43=x

=> x=53

So, the total number of fourth grade boys = 53

On Friday, 4 boys were absent

So,

No of boys present on Friday = total number of boys - boys absent on Friday

No of boys present on Friday = 53-4

No of boys present on Friday = 49