Question

There are 25 students in a classroom. The ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 2. How many boys and how many girls are there in the classroom?

Answer 1

25.... half that=12.5...minus 2.5=10. and 15....

15 boys to 10 girls... for 5 goes into 15 3 times and 2 times into 10.... 15/10=3/2.. 15+10=25

Answer 2

A ratio of 3 girls to 2 boys means that 3 of every 5 students are girls. 3/5 * 25 = 15, so there are 15 girls and 10 boys