Question

5/8 of the students in a school are girls. Find the ratio of girls and boys.

Answer 1

Solution:

5/8 of the students in a school are girls.

This simply means 5 out of every 8 students is girl and 3 out of every 8 children is boy.

Thus, there are 5 girls to 3 boys.

Hence, the ratio of girls to boys is 5:3