Question

At my friend’s middle school the ratio of teachers to students is 1:9. If there are 45 teachers at the school, how many students are there? Show your work or explain how you determine your answer.

Write a literal/explicit equation to model the situation above. Where Y is the number of students and X the number of teachers at the school

Answer 1

405 students

Explanation:

1=teachers

9=students

1=45 teachers

9=y students

y=9 x 45

y=405 students