A class of 40 students has 18 boys and 22 girls. What is ratio of girls to boys in the class?
A. 11:9
B. 20:9
C. 9:11
D. 20:11
A ratio is of the form a : b but can also be converted to a fraction of the form a/b, where b is not equal to zero. Besides, to in ration means per in fraction form.
In the class of 40 students, 22 are girls and 18 are boys. Thus, the ratio of girls to boys becomes:
The above fraction can be reduced further since 2 is a common factor in both 22 and 18. Thus
In ratio form, girls: boys=11:9
Thus, the ratio of girls to boys in a class of 40 students is 11 to 9.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is A.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: The graph below represents the amount of rainfall in a particular state by month. Which of the following is the total rainfall for the first 5 months of the year?
A. 11 inches
B. 7.5 inches
C. 4.5 inches
D. 3.5 inches
Answer Explanation
The first five months of the year are January, February, March, April, and May. We use to graph to find the amount of rainfall in each month as follows:
In the month of January, rainfall was between o and 1, which is halfway. Therefore, rainfall in January is 0.5 inches
On February, rainfall was 1 inch and on March the rainfall was 2 inches.
On April, the rainfall amount was 4 inches while on month of May, the rainfall was about 3.5 inches. Therefore, total rainfall in the first 5 months was:
Total rainfall=0.5 inches+1 inches+ 2 inches+4 inches + 3.5 inches =11 inches
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Q #2: A farmer is planning for a growing season and want to know the trend in amount of rainfall in his area. He obtains rainfall falling in the first 5 months of the year as shown in the above table. Which of the following would best display the data? Month January February March April May Rainfall (mm) 20 6 14 28 34
A. Scatter plot
B. Pie chart
C. Line graph
D. Bar graph
Answer Explanation
Based rainfall falling for the first 5 months, a bar graph will give a great display for the farmer to decide when start planting. The horizontal scale will represent months of the year and vertical scale will present the amount of rainfall falling.
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Q #3: Which of the following is the length of the unknown leg of a right triangle that has one leg length of 13 feet and a hypotenuse of 25 feet? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
A. 32 feet
B. 8 feet
C. 21.4 feet
D. 24 feet
Answer Explanation
From the given data, we can draw the following triangle by letting the unknown length to be p.
We apply the Pythagoras theorem, the value of p:
The unknown length of the triangle is about 21.4 feet.
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Q #4: A sweater that normally sells for $95 is marked 30% off. Which of the following estimates the sale price of the sweater?
A. $67
B. $30
C. $22
D. $63
Answer Explanation
The selling price of the sweater is marked price less the mark off value.
Mark off value=mark off rate*original price
Mark of value=30% of $95
Mark of value=0.30*$95=$28.50
Now, find the selling price of the sweater
Selling price= marked price-mark off value
Thus, the sweater will be sold for 66.50 after applying a mark off of 30%. The selling price is about $67.
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Q #5: Twelve less than thrice a number Which of the following translates the phrase above into a mathematical expression?
A. 3x - 12
B. 12 - 3x
C. 12x - 2
D. 3x + 12
Answer Explanation
We need to form a mathematical expression from the given word problem.
Let the unknown number be x.
Thrice a number is three times = 3x
Twelve less than thrice a number = 3x-12
Thus, the mathematical expression from the word problem is 3x-12
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Q #6: How many yards are in 27 feet?
A. 3 yards
B. 18 yards
C. 6 yards
D. 9 yards
Answer Explanation
Here we convert between feet and yards. We know 1 yard =3 feet. Then, 27 feet to yards will be:
Thus, 9 yards is equal to 27 ft.
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Q #7: A bucket can hold 5000 mL. How many L can the bucket hold?
A. 500L
B. 5L
C. 50L
D. 0.05L
Answer Explanation
To change between L and mL, the following two options are used.
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Q #8: Which of the following is the equivalence in kg for 220 lb? (2.2 lb =1 kg)
A. 110 kg
B. 2.20 kg
C. 50 kg
D. 100 kg
Answer Explanation
We two conversions when asked to convert between kg and lb
And
We need kg equivalent of 220 lb, therefore we use option 1 and carry out the conversions as follows:
Thus, 100kg is equal to 220lb.
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Q #9: A student performs the following estimations. 35+192 230 258+350 610 947+1032 1980 Based on these estimations, which of the following is the student’s estimate of 694+7618?
A. 8320
B. 8500
C. 8300
D. 8310
Answer Explanation
Here we need to find the actual values of the additions and see the trend the student will use to estimate the given problem. The exact sum is as follows
35+192
227258+350=608
947+1032=1979
From the above calculations, it is evident that the student rounds up or down the ones place values. So, in the problem we need to approximate 694+7618.
694+7618=8312
We can approximate 8312 based on the provided choices is 8310.
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Q #10: The scatter plot below shows the relationship between the number of hours a student plays golf and the student’s class attendance. Which of the following types of correlation is shown on the scatter plot?
A. Positive
B. Positive and negative
C. No correlation
D. Negative
Answer Explanation
Scatter plots can depict three correlations: positive, negative and no correlation. A positive correlation scatter plot reveals that as one variable increases, the other variable also increases as shown below
