Question

In a soccer league, the ratio of boys to girls is 4 to 6. There are a total of 50 players in the soccer league. Determine how many girls play in the soccer league.

Answer 1

30

Explanation:

In the ratio 4:6, we can think of this like 4 boys and 6 girls out of 10 team members.

We can find how many girls play by multiplying 6 by 5, since 50 divided by 10 is 5.

6(5) = 30, so 30 girls play in the soccer league.

Answer 2

30

Explanation:

We can call the number of boys 4x and girls 6x so we can write:

4x + 6x = 50

10x = 50

x = 5, therefore the number of girls is 6x = 6 * 5 = 30.