Question

In Mr. Scott’s class the ratio of boys to girls is 2:3. The total number of students in Mr. Scott’s class is 30. What percent of the class are girls? How many girls are in the class?

Answer 1

40% of the class is Girls, so 12 students are girls

Explanation:

add up the ratio

2+3=5

divide by 5

30/5=6

multipy ratio to find totial number of students

2*6=12

2*3=18

divide the number of students to get the pecentage

12/30=0.4=40%

18/30=0.6=60%