Question

Last summer at camp okey fun okey the ratio of the number of boy campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7 if there were 56 girls how many boys were there??

Answer 1

There would be 64 boys, 56/7=8 so you would have to multiple 8 by 8, which equals 64

Answer 2

boys:girls=8:7
girls is 7 units

girls are 56 people

56=7units
divide both sides by 7
8=1unit

boys=8 units
8=1unit
times both sides by 8
64=8units

there are 64 boys