Question

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

Answer 1

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)

Answer 2

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