Question

For every 5 girls in Mr Hegarty's class there are 4 boys. What is the ratio of girls to boys in the class?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

For every 1 girl in Mr Hegarty's class there are 4 boys. Since, there are 4 boys for every 1 girl in the class, Therefore, the ratio of boys to girls in simplest form is 4:1…

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

There is an important difference between the way counts are viewed in ratio to that in fractions.

The ratio of boys : girls  

→

4

:

5

so you have 4 boys and 5 girls making the whole count  

4

+

5

=

9

in its simplest form.

So to change the ratio proportion into fraction proportion we have:

boys  

→

4

9

of the whole.

girls  

→

5

9

of the whole.

It is given that the whole is 3321 therefore the count of boys is:

4

9

×

3321

=

1476