64 out of 99 students have vanilla ice cream and the rest have chocolate. What is the ratio of the number of students who have chocolate to the total number of students?

Question

Write your answer as two numbers separated by a colon (for example, 2:3).

Answer 1

To find the number of students who have chocolate ice cream, we subtract the number of students who have vanilla ice cream from the total number of students.

Total number of students = 99
Number of students who have vanilla ice cream = 64

Number of students who have chocolate ice cream = 99 - 64 = 35

Now, the ratio of the number of students who have chocolate ice cream to the total number of students is:

\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{Number of chocolate ice cream students}}{\text{Total number of students}} = \frac{35}{99} \]

To express this as a ratio, we write:

\[ 35 : 99 \]

Thus, the final answer is:

35:99