Question

There are 12 boys and 16 girls in a classroom. Which represents the simplified ratio of girls to students in theclassroom?03 to 44 to 34 to 77 to 4

Answer 1

There are:

12 boys

16 girls

The ratio of girsl to boys is simply the quotient:

16/12 it is necessary to simplify this fraction

divide by 2 numerator and denominator:

8/6

divide by 2 again:

4/3

Hence, the ratio of girls to boys is 4 to 3