Question

In a class the ratio of girls to boys is 3:1. there are 18 girls in the class. how many boys are there?

Answer 1

Answer: 6 boys

Explanation:

To find the number of boys in the class, we start by dividing the number of girls (18) by the first number in the ratio (which is 3):

• 18 ÷ 3 = 6

This tells us that there are 6 sets of 3 girls in the class.

Since the ratio of girls to boys is 3:1, we know that for every 3 girls, there is 1 boy. So, for the 6 sets of girls we just found, there must be 6 sets of boys as well:

• 6 × 1 = 6

So, there are 6 boys in the class.

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