Question

Write a ratio for the following situation:

For every 5 female teachers, there are 2 male teachers
and it might not be 5:2

Answer 1

Some choices might be...

5:2

10:4

30:12

275:110 (probably not this one but I put it to prove my point)

Explanation:

To figure out the other options you can multiply both sides by the same number. So 5x4 = 20 and 2x4 = 8 so the ratio could be 20:8

It can be ANY number at all as long as it's rational.

Hope that helps and have a great day!

Answer 2

There are a few answers I think but the one I would pick would be

Explanation:

for every 5 females(5:0)there are two male teachers (5:2)

it could also be

10:4

15:6

20:8