Question

In math class the girl to boy ratio is 8 to 6. If there are 24 girls in the class how many boys are there?

Answer 1

There are 18 boys in the class.

To find the number of boys, we first need to find the total number of students in the class.

The girl to boy ratio is 8 to 6, which means that for every 8 girls, there are 6 boys. Since we know there are 24 girls in the class, we can set up a proportion:

8 girls / 6 boys = 24 girls / x boys

Cross multiplying, we get:

8 * x = 24 * 6
8x = 144
x = 144 / 8
x = 18

Therefore, there are 18 boys in the class.