Question

a high school has 16 math teachers for 1856 math students. What is the ratio of math teachers to math students?

Answer 1

1:116

Explanation:

First The ratio is

MathTeachers:MathStudents

16:1856

or

16/1856

If you divide both top and bottam by 16 you get:

1/116

or

MathTeacher:MathStudent

1:116

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Answer 2

Ratio of maths teachers to maths students is 1/116

Explanation:

Ratio is used to express the relationship between two items in terms of amount. It tells how many of one item can be found in the other.

A high school has 16 math teachers for 1856 math students. In this case,

Ratio of maths teachers to maths students would be

Number of maths teachers divided by number of maths students. Therefore,

Ratio of maths teachers to maths students = 16 / 1856

Reducing the fraction to the lowest term, it becomes

1/116