Question

The number of girls and boys in a class are in the ratio 2: 3. Total number of students is 50 (a) What is the number of girls? (b) What is the number of boys?​

Answer 1

There are 20 girls and 30 boys.

Explanation:

Let's say there are groups of 5 students, in which there are 2 girls and 3 boys. We can divide the total of students (50) by 5.

50/5 = 10 groups

For the girls: 2x10=20

For the boys: 3x10=30