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A class has 6 boys and 15 girls.what is the ratio of boys to girls?

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The greatest common factor of 6 and 15 is 3 so to simplify the ratio divide them both by 3

boys : girls = 6 : 15 = 2 : 5 (answer)

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It’s 6:15, but then you have to simplify. So you get, 2:5
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