Question

The ratio of students to teachers on field trip is 15 to 1. If 19 teachers are on the field trip, how many students are there?

Answer 1

there are 285 students

Explanation:

. 15 x 19 = 285, so 285 students

Answer 2

285 students

Explanation:

Lets go over what we know!

The ratio is 15 : 1

This means for every 15 students, there is 1 teacher.

There are 19 teachers.

1 : 15 = 19 : ?

To find out how many students are there, we need to multiply our ratio by 19:

1*19 : 15*19 = 19 : 285

So there are 285 students to the 19 teachers.

Hope this helps :3