For every 5 boys on a softball team there is 1 girl. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

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EZ as pi
Oct 16, 2016

#5:1#

Explanation:

A ratio is a comparison between the number of boys and the number of girls. You can think of it using the words "for every".

For every 5 boys there is 1 girl.

This also means that although we do not know how many boys and girls there are altogether, we do know the total is a multiple of 6.

In each group of 6 players, there will be 5 boys and 1 girl.

#"Boys : girls "" "larr# compare in this order
#" "5:1" "larr# the order of the numbers is the same

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