fifteen out of 25 students in Mrs. Smith's class are boys. what is the ratio of boys to girls?

i put 1 to 6. is that right?

Nope.

25 - 15 = 10

15/10 = 3 to 2

There are 15 boys. Out of 25 students, that means there are 10 girls. Reduce 15/10 for your answer.

No, Raluca, it's 3:2.

The problem states that there are more boys to girls. The student is to find the ratio of BOYS to GIRLS.

Raluca got it backwards. There are 3 boys for every 2 girls.

To find the ratio of boys to girls in Mrs. Smith's class, you need to compare the number of boys to the number of girls.

From the given information, there are 15 boys out of 25 students. To find the number of girls, you can subtract the number of boys from the total number of students:

Total students = boys + girls
25 = 15 + girls
girls = 25 - 15
girls = 10

So, there are 10 girls in the class.

Now, to find the ratio of boys to girls, you would write it as a fraction, with the number of boys as the numerator and the number of girls as the denominator:

Boys : Girls = 15 : 10

To simplify the fraction, you can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 5 in this case:

Boys : Girls = 15 ÷ 5 : 10 ÷ 5
Boys : Girls = 3 : 2

Therefore, the correct ratio of boys to girls in Mrs. Smith's class is 3:2, not 1:6 as you initially suggested.

15/25= 25-15= 10 girls

> 10:15
15/25= 25-10= 15 boys

10 divided by 5 = 2
15 divided by 5 = 3

the answer is 2:3

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