Question

18) The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is 1:6. Which statement must describe the class? A) There are exactly 7 students in the class. B) There is 1 boy for every 6 girls in the class. C) There are 5 more girls than boys in the class. D) There is 1 boy out of the 6 students in the class

Answer 1

choose b or d

Explanation:

Answer 2

B. There is one boy for every 6 girls in class.

Explanation:

When you have a ratio, it compares two numbers. When you have a ratio 1:6 the colon (:) there can be read as "is to" or "for every".

That means that ratio can be read as 1 is to 6 or "there is 1 for every 6."

In this case 1:6 represents the number of boys to the number of girls to class. This means that there is 1 boy for every 6 girls in class.