Question

In Mrs. Wilson's math class the ratio of girls to total students is 5 to 8. if there are 24 total students, how many boys are in the class?Can you do step by step please

Answer 1

9

Explanation:

Your ratio is 5 to 8

We know the total people in the class is 24 students. the total of the ratio (8) times 3 gives us 24! So, we also multiply the 5 by 3, which gives us 15. But its asking how many girls. If there are 15 girls, the rest are boys. So we subtract 24 by 15, which gives us 9