In a seventh grade class 14 out of 30 students are boys In simplest terms what is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in this grade?

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mertsj · Answer

How many girls are there?

anonymous · Answer

I  don't know.. I don't even understand the question.

anonymous · Answer

if there are 14 boys there are 30-14 girls. The ratio is 

number of boys : number of girls

anonymous · Answer

does that help?

anonymous · Answer

No. It just doesn't make sense.

mertsj · Answer

Do you know what a ratio is?

anonymous · Answer

No.

mertsj · Answer

A ratio is a comparison of 2 quantities using a fraction.

anonymous · Answer

ok, there are 14 boys and 16 girls that makes 30 kids in total

so the ratio is 14:16

this can be simplified to 7:8 by dividing each number by two.

answer is 7:8

mertsj · Answer

Let's say you have $10 and I have $5
The ratio of your money to mine is the fraction 10/5 or reduced to lowest terms it is 2 to 1.
On the other hand, the ratio of my money to yours is 5 to 10 or in reduced form 1/2

anonymous · Answer

Oh so if you reduced it to the lowest term it would be 7:8?

anonymous · Answer

a ratio is similar to a fraction i.e. 3/4 can be written as 3:4 i.e. three parts of one thing to fours parts of another. 

Think of it like mixing paint 3parts green 4 parts orange to make er not nice paint lol

anonymous · Answer

yes thats correct you should always simplify if you can

anonymous · Answer

Okay thank you