Question

Which of the following classes has the largest ratio of boys to girls?


class with 8 boys and 8 girls
class with 9 boys and 3 girls
class with 12 boys and 6 girls
class with 6 boys and 12 girls

Answer 1

Well lets see

Class 1) 8 boys to 8 girl = 1:1 ratio
Class 2) 9 boys to 3 girls = 3:1 ratio
Class 3) 12 boys to 6 girls = 2:1 ratio
Class 4) 6 boys to 12 girls = 1:2 ratio

so

Class 1) For every 1 boy there is 1 girl
Class 2) For every 3 boys there is 1 girl (pretty big ratio)
Class 3) For every 2 boys there is 1 girl
Class 4) For every 1 boy there are 2 girls (small ratio)

So I would go with class 2...make sense?

Answer 2

tenks

Answer 3

\[\frac{ 8 }{8 }=1\]
\[\frac{ 9 }{ 3}=3\]
\[\frac{ 12 }{ 6 }=2\]
\[\frac{ 6 }{ 12 }=\frac{ 1 }{ 2}\]
class 2 has largest ratio