Question

In an office there are 100 workers. The number of
males are 60 and the rest are females. Find the ratio
of number of females to the total number of workers.
Also find the ratio of number of females to the
number of males.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio of the number of girls to that of boys in the merit list is 2: 1.

(ii) Ratio of the number of students passing a mathematics test to that of total students appearing in the test is 2: 3.

2. Express the following ratios in language of daily life:

(i) The ratio of the number of bad pencils to that of good pencils produced in a factory is 1: 9.

(ii) In India, the ratio of the number of villages to that of cities is about 2000: 1.

Solution:

(i) The number of bad pencils produced in a factory is 1/9 of the number of good pencils produced in the factory.

(ii) The number of villages is 2000 times that of cities in India.

Answer 2

TOTAL NO. OF WORKERS= 100

NO. OF MALES = 60

NO. OF FEMALES = 100-60=40

RATIO OF FEMALES TO TOTAL NO. OF WORKERS =

40:100

= 2:5

RATIO OF NUMBER OF FEMALES YO NO. OF MALES =

= 40:60

= 2:3