Question

Mr. Johnson's class has 24 students. There are 18 students in the class who study Spanish. The other students in the class study French. In Mr. Johnson's class, which of the following is the ratio of students who study French to students who study Spanish?

Answer 1

Spanish 18:24

French 4:24

Explanation:

18 out of the 24 students in Mr.Johnson's are studying Spanish and the other 4 of the 24 students are studying French

Answer 2

1:3

Explanation:

Total number of student's in Mr Johnson class = 24

If number of student that study Spanish = 18

Number of students that studied French = 24-18 = 6students

To get the ratio of students who study French to students who study Spanish, we will divide the total number of students who study French by that of students who study Spanish to have;

6/18

= 1/3 in its simplest form.

The ratio is therefore 1:3

Note that 'ratio' means division