Question

There are 675 students and 30 teachers in the middle school. What is the ratio of teachers and students?

Answer 1

The accurate ratio would be 2:45

Answer 2

Explanation:

675 students and 30 teachers

ratio of teachers to students = 675/30 which reduces to 45/2....so the ratio is 45:2

be careful of the wording for problems like this..

because if they asked for the ratio of students to teachers, it would have been : 30/675 which reduces to 2/45...then the ratio would be 2:45