Question

The Top-Notch Middle School had athletes from all the grades playing on a sports team.

6th grade 7th grade 8th grade
Basketball 2 4 7
Baseball 1 6 5
Soccer 7 4 4
Football 8 15 10


Explain what the ratio 5:73 represents.
The ratio 5:73 represents the ratio of 8th grade baseball players to total athletes.
The ratio 5:73 represents the ratio of 7th grade football players to total athletes.
The ratio 5:73 represents the ratio of total athletes to 7th grade football players.
The ratio 5:73 represents the ratio of 6th grade athletes to total athletes.

Answer 1

First option. There are 5 eighth-grade baseball players and 73 total athletes (18 sixth + 29 seventh + 26 eighth = 73), so 5:73 is the ratio of 8th-grade baseball players to total athletes.