Question

there is 8 boys for every 5 girls in the 6th grade class, if there are 169 total students how many boys are there? How many girls? Write the ratio. *

Answer 1

Boys : 104

Girls : 65

We know:

For every 8 boys there is 5 girls so the ratio is:

8 : 5

There are 169 total students

We are going to take these students as cookies and how many of them we are going to bake in batches

Explanation:

Add 8 and 5 together to find out how many students in each 'Batch' 8 + 5 = 13

Then divide 169 by 13 which equals 13. Now you know how many 'Batches' there are.

To find the answer Multiply 13 by 8 and 5 ;

13 * 8 = 104

13 * 5 = 65

Check the answer:

104 + 65 = 169

Its correct!