Question

the ratio of boys to girls in class is 2:3. If Ms. Wise has 24 students in her class, how many girls are in the class. Please show work

Answer 1

Sorry. 24 does not divide into 5 equal parts. You probably mean that there are 24 boys, or that there are 24 girls.

If boys, then 24/g = 2/3
g = 36

If there were 25 total students, then

(25-g)/g = 2/3
75-3g = 2g
g = 15

Answer 2

Thanks,

But that is how the teacher listed the problem. That's why we were so confused.