Question

In a school out of 9500 students, 1500
are girls. Find the ratio of
a) Number of girls to the total number of
students.
b) Number of boys to the total number
girls.​

Answer 1

"The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is \frac45 : 1." This second interpretation reflects the fact that \frac45 is the unit rate (which is a number) for the ratio 4:5.