Question

The ratio of boys to girls at the beach clean up was 7:8. If there were 42 boys how many girls were there?

Answer 1

48 girls

Explanation:

Boys: Girls

7 :8

We need to get to 42 boys so we will multiply by 6

7*6 = 42

Boys: Girls

7*6 :8*6

42 48

There were 48 girls