Question

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

Answer 1

The answer is 16:1856

Answer 2

The ratios are calculated to know the quotient of two quantities. In order to find the ratio, the first quantity is written in numerator i.e. the upper part of the fraction and the second quantity is written in denominator i.e. the lower part of the fraction.

Here, it is given that the total number of Maths teachers are = 16

Total number of Maths students are = 1856

The ratio of Maths teachers to Maths students is calulated as -

Ratio of Maths teachers to Maths students =
`(Maths Teachers)/(Maths Students)` =
`(16)/(1856)`

Ratio of Maths teachers to Maths students =
`(1)/(116)` = 1:116