Question

if 5/8 of children in school are boys , what's the ratio of boys to girls?

Answer 1

Answer:

5:3

Step-by-step explanation:

if 5 out of 8 children are boys, then the number of girls id (8-5=3).

thus 3/8 children are girls. this makes the ratio 5:3.

Answer 2

In context to questions asked,

We have to determine the ratio of numbers of boys and number of girls

As per questions,

if 5/8 of children in school are boys

5/8 means, if there were 8 number of total students then out of every 8, 5 will be boys.

So, for determining the value of number of girls we will subtract number of boys from total number of students.

Thus total number of boys will be = (8-5)= 3.

Hence, we can say that,

Out of 8 children, 5 boys while 3 girls will be there.

So, the ratio between boys to girls will be 5:3