Question

There are 5 sixth-grade students for every 8 seventh-grade students in the school chorus.

If there are 25 sixth-grade students in the chorus, how many seventh-grade students are there?

Answer 1

40 Seventh-grade students

Explanation:

5:8 is the ratio of sixth-grade students to seventh-grade students respectively.

If there are 25 sixth-grade students, then basically multiply the ratio by 5, so:

8 x 5 = 40