Question

A quarter of the students in a class are girls, which of the following cannot be the total number of students in the class?

• A. 46
• B. 44
• C. 56
• D. 36

Answer 1

The correct option is A 46

A quarter of the students in the class are girls.

Looking at the given options:

A quarter of 46, is a decimal number, but the number of girls in the class can never be a decimal number. So, 46 cannot be the number of students in the class.

A quarter of 44 is 11. There can be 11 girls in the class. So, 44 can be the number of students in the class.

A quarter of 56 is 14. There can be 14 girls in the class. So, 56 can be the number of students in the class.

A quarter of 36 is 9. There can be 9 girls in the class. So, 36 can be the number of students in the class.