ms chang has 24 students in her class 8 of them are boys what is the ratio.

Question

i said it was 2:1 i just want to double check.

Answer 1

Dave,

 

Set up a problem like this as:

 

B = number of boys

G = number of girls

 

Given information:

 

B + G = 24

B = 8

 

Then just solve for B and G.  The ratio of boys to girls will be B/G.

Answer 2

8 boys, 16 girls; ratio of girls to boys is 2:1.  (ratio of boys to girls is ½, so you see you have to say what the ratio is, in words as well as numbers.)