Question

The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:5. There are 40 students in the class. How many students are girls?

Answer 1

22 girls

Explanation:

if there are 40 students in all and the ratio is 3:5 that means there are 2 more girls than boys and 2 less boys than girls so that means there are 22 girls and 18 boys in the classroom.

Answer 2

25

Explanation:

40/8 = 5

3:5 so u do 5x5 which is 25

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