Question

There are 35 boys in 6th grade. The number of girls in 6th grade is 40. Emma says that means the ratio of the number of boys in 6th grade to the number of girls in 6th grade is 3:4. Is Emma correct? If not, what is the correct answer? it is the answer

correct ratio
7:8
5:8
8:7

Answer 1

The correct ratio is 7:8, so no, Emma is not correct.

Answer 2

Hello cayleahm253!

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There are 35 boys in 6th grade. The number of girls in 6th grade is 40. Emma says that means the ratio of the number of boys in 6th grade to the number of girls in 6th grade is 3:4. Is Emma correct? If not, what is the correct answer?

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Okay, so we can see from the question that there are 35 boys & 40 girls in the 6th grade. So the ratio of boys is to girls will be 35:40.

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Solving...

`35 : 40 \\ = (35)/(40) \\ \\ \sf \: Cancel \: out \: 35 \: and \: 40 \: to \: get \: 7 \: and \: 8.\\ \\ = (7)/(8) \\ = \huge \boxed{\boxed{\bf \: 7 : 8}}`

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• So, the correct ratio is not 3:4. Instead it's 7:8.

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