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In a seventh grade class, 14 out of 30 students are boys. In simplest terms, what is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in this grade?

In a seventh grade class, 14 out of 30 students are boys. In simplest terms, what is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in this grade?
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In a seventh grade class, 14 out of 30 students are boys. In simplest terms, what is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in this grade?

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If 14 of 30 kids are boys, than that means that 16 are girls. The first ratio is 14:16 but you can simplify this down to 7:8. So the ratio of boys to girls is 7:8.

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User Martin Ernst
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14 boys : 16 girls

but this would have to be simplified also

7:8
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User Artur Siepietowski
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