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If the ratio of boys to girls in the is 8:5, can you determine how many students are in the class in all? Explain why or why not in complete sentences.

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If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 8:5 you will not be able to tell how many students are in the class because there could be 8 boys and 5 girls in the class or there could be 16 boys and 10 girls.

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