Question

at sue birdwell intermediate school the ratio of boys to girls is 7 to 5. if there are 150 girls at school, how many boys are at the school

Answer 1

210 boys

Explanation:

the ratio is 7 boys to 5 girls. There are 150 girls at the school. Divide 150 by 5 to get your answer which is 30. We know that we have to divide because the ratio answer is a simplified version of 150, like if we were doing fractions. Then multiply 30 times 7 and you will get 210. So there are 210 boys at the school.