Question

1 There are 10 girls and 5 boys in a class

What is the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys?

What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?​

Answer 1

Ratios are written as fractions:

The ratio of girls to boys would be girls / boys = 10/5 which can be reduces to 2/1

The ratio of boys to girls would be boys / girls = 5/10 which can be reduced to 1/2