There are 40 students in the class, out of them 20 are girls.
What fraction of the students are girls?

Half

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Quarter

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One-fourth

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Three-fourth

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Solution

The correct option is A Half
Total number of students = 40
Total number of girls = 20

Half of $40 = \frac{1}{2} \times 40 = 40 \div 2 = 20$
So, half of the total number of students are girls.

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