Question

there are 4 girls and 16 boys on the dodgeball team. What is the ratio of girls to the total number of kids on the team?

Answer 1

Given:

The number of girsl is, 4

The number of boys is, 16

Therefore the total number of kids is,

`16+4=20`

Taking the ratio of number of girsl to the tital number of kids, we have,

`(4)/(20)=(1)/(5)`

The required ratio is 1 : 5.