Question

the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3 to 2. what percentage of the students are boys in the class?

Answer 1

60%.

Explanation:

The ratio is 3:2, which means that for every 3 boys there are 2 girls. Because there can be only boys and girls, we can add the two ratios together to get 5.

Now, we'll convert the 3:2 ratio into 3/5. 3/5 is 0.6, or 60%.

Answer 2

Answer: 60%

Explanation:

Since the ratio of boys to girls is 3:2, we can say there are five "parts"

of these 5 "parts" 3 are boys, so the percentage is 3/5 which is 60%

60% of the class are boys