Question

There are 18 boys and 14 girls

a in a class. Fill in the blank:
For every _ boys there are _ girls.

Answer 1

For every 18 boys, there are 14 girls.

You can divide by 2 and you will get:

For every 9 boys, there are 7 girls.

Answer 2

Number of boys = 18

number of girls = 14

ratio = 18:14 = 9:7

for every 9 boys there are 7 girls