In a given school, there are 240 boys and 260 girls.
a) What is the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys?
b) What is the ratio of the number of boys to the total number of pupils in the school?
To get the ratio of girls to boys you do amount of girls: amount of boys The answer is 260: 240 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ First you have to find the total amount of students
240 + 260 = 500
To get the ratio of boys to the total amount of students you do
