Question

If there are 15 students on the bus and 10 are girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

Answer 1

There are 15 students on the bus and 10 are girls.

Then the boys on the bus are

$15-10=5$

So there are 5 boys and 10 girls on the bus.

The ratio of boys to girls is

$\frac{\text{boys}}{\text{girls}}=\frac{5}{10}=\frac{1}{2}$

Therefore, the ratio of boys to girls is 1/2

This means that the boys are one-half as compared to the girls.