what is the ratio of 35 and 42.

Question

There are 35 boys in the sixth grade. The number of girls in the sixth grade is 42. Lonnie ssys that means the ratio of number of boys in the sixth grade to number of girls in the sixth grade is 5:7. Is Lonnie correct?

Answer 1

35 : 42

It's like a fraction, so we can divide by 7 on both sides.

5 : 6

Lonnie is incorrect.

Answer 2

There are 35 boys in the sixth grade. The number of girls in the sixth grade is 42. Lonnie says that means the ratio of

the number of boys in the sixth grade to the number of girls in the sixth grade is 5: 7. Is Lonnie correct? Show why or why not.

Answer: 5:6

Answer 3

5:6 is an equivalent ratio.

35:42 can be divided by 7, making this 5:6.

Lonnie is incorrect.