Question

A book club has 36 members. There are 24 boys and 12 girls in the club. What is the ratio of the number of boys in the club to the number of girls in the club?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ratios can be written as:

a to b

a:b

a/b

We want to find boys to girls, and there are 24 boys and 12 girls. So, we can write it as

24 to 12

24:12

24:2

All of these can be reduced, since both the numerator and denominator can be divided by 12.

Numerator: 24/12=2

Denominator: 12/12=1

2 to 1

2:1

2/1