Question

There are 18 boys and 12 girls in a math class . What is the ratio of girls to total students

Answer 1

The ratio of girls to total students is 12:30, which can be simplified to 2:5.

Explanation:

You can express the ratio in different ways by using the same numbers, for example, you could say that for every 2 girls, there are 5 total students, or that for every 5 total students, 2 of them are girls.

Answer 2

18 boys + 12 girls = 30 total
12:30