Question

Santa has many toys to deliver on Elm Street. If there are 48 kids that live on Elm

Street and 12 of them are boys what is the ratio of girls to boys?

Answer 1

Answer: 3 : 1

Explanation:

We know that there are 48 kids in Elm street.

12 of them are boys, then the number of girls will be:

48 - 12 = 36

So there are 12 boys and 36 girls.

Then the ratio of girls to boys is 36:12

We can divide both numbers by the same number and we will get an equivalent ratio, if we divide by 12 in both sides, we have:

36/12 : 12/12

3 : 1

Then the ratio is 3 to 1.