Question

A class has 4 boys and 10 girls. What is the ratio in simplest form that compares number of boys to total number of students?

Answer 1

2:7

Explanation:

There are 4 boys and 14 total students (# of boys + # of girls). Therefore, the ration that compares boys to total number of students is 4:14 which is 2:7 in simplest form.

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