Question

There are 14 girls and 12 boys in a class. What is the ratio of girls to students?

1. 14:6
2. 6:7
3. 13:7
4. 7:13

Answer 1

The correct answer is 7:13

Explanation:

To find ratio of girls to the students we need to know the total number of students.We ll get the total number of students by adding the number of girls and boys in the class

14 + 12 = 26

So the total number of students is 26.Now we can easily find the ratio of girls to the students

14 : 26

7 : 13

Answer 2

Answer is option 4) 7:13

Explanation:

There are 14 girls in the class . AND

There are 26 (14+12) students in the class.

Ratio of girls to students is 14:26

when cancelling by 2 we get the answer 7:13

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