1. The ratio of boys to girls on sport teams at a school is 3 to 1. There are 300 students on sport teams. How many girls are on sport teams at this school?

Question

ratio question with multi steps

Answer 1

Since the ratio of boys to girls is 3:1, we can express this ratio as 3x:1x. 

 

The total number of students on sports teams is 300.  So we know that:

 

3x + 1x = 300

 

4x = 300

 

x = 75

 

Now, we know that there are 3x boys on sports teams and 1x girls on sports teams.

 

Boys: 3(75) = 225

Girls: 1(75) = 75