If the ratio of boys to girls at the summer camp was 12:17. How many boys and girls attended the camp if there were 203 campers altogether?

Answer 1

The ratio of boys to girls is 12 to 17. This tells us that the total for this ratio is 29 (OR 12 + 17).

Then we can write the ratio of boys to total as 12 and the same ration for the whole camp could be

29

represented by x

203

Now we have two equivalent ratios that we can use to find the number of boys at the camp:

12 = x

29 203

Since 29 times 7 equals 203 , we can multiply 12 by 7 to determine the number of boys at the camp:

12 * 7 = x

29 * 7 = 203

x = 84 boys

Thee number of girls will be 203 - 84 or 119 girls