If the ratio of students to teachers in a school is 13:1. And there are 224 total people (including teachers and students) in the school. How many are students?

Answer 1

13:1 is a part:part ratio. Since the students and teachers make up the whole 224 people, the two parts make the whole, so the whole is 13 + 1 = 14. The part:whole ratios are:

1. Students 13:14
2. Teachers 1:14

Now we can set up a proportion. Let x = the number of students:

13/14 = x/224

Solve for x.