Question

Ms. Jimenez has 22 students in her class: 14 boys and 8 girls. She writes the name of each student on a slip of paper and puts each slip into a bag.

Before Ms. Jimenez draws a name out of the bag, a student in the class makes the following claim: "Ms. Jimenez will probably draw a boy's name from the
bag because the ratio of boy names to girl names is 7:11."
The student made an incorrect claim. Which statement correctly describes the mistakes that were made?

Answer 1

"Ms. Jimenez has 22 students in her class: 14 boys and 8 girls."

Explanation:

The student said the incorrect number. There are 14 boys and 8 girls.