Out of the 32

students in Mr. Martin's class, 18
are boys.

If this ratio is proportional to the number of students in the school and the number of boys in the school, which of the choices would best be used to find the number of students in the school?

It is given that there are 468
boys in the school.

Responses

1832=s468
18 over 32 is equal to s over 468

32s=18468
32 over s is equal to 18 over 468

46832=s18
468 over 32 is equal to s over 18

3218=s468

1 answer

To set up a proportion based on the information provided about Mr. Martin's class and the entire school, we can use the ratio of boys in the class compared to the total number of students in the class, and set that equal to the ratio of boys in the school to the total number of students in the school.

Given:

  • In Mr. Martin's class: 18 boys out of 32 students
  • In the school: 468 boys (let's call the total number of students in the school s)

We can set up the proportion as follows:

\[ \frac{18}{32} = \frac{468}{s} \]

This means that the correct option to use to find the total number of students in the school is:

18 over 32 is equal to s over 468.

Thus, the answer is:

18 over 32 is equal to s over 468.