Question

The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 4:5
A. What fraction of the class are boys?
B. What fraction of the class are girls?

Answer 1

Answer:

4/9 5/9

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Boys = 4/9

Girls = 5/9

Step-by-step explanation:

You add the ratio parts to find what the fraction is over.

5 + 4 = 9

Then you just need to know which part is boys and which is girls.

Boys to Girls = 4:5

Therefore Boys = 4/9 and Girls = 5/9.