Question

Mrs. Yang has 8 boys and 16 girls in her grade 6 class. What is the ratio of girls to boys? Write two other ratios to describe the class. Write 2 equivalent ratios for the class.

Answer 1

8to4

Explanation:

for every 8 girls there are 4 boys

Answer 2

4:8 1:2

Explanation:

So 8 boys to 16 girls is 8:16, then you can divide by 2 to get 4:8 becuase 4:8 and 8:16 are equal and 1:2 and 8:16 are equal.