Four boys and one girl constitute a group of students. Which of the following statements is correct?
The fraction of boys is 45 and the ratio of boys to girls is 4:1.
A fraction is a number that represents a part of the whole or a part of the group. Meanwhile ratio represents comparison of two quantities.
In a group of five students containing 4 boys and 1 girl, so from the total of 5 students, the fraction of girls will be 15. The fraction of boys is 45. The denominator will always be five because the whole group consists of five students.
In the example given above, the ratio of girls to boys is 1:4 and the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 4:1. The ratio of girls to the total number of students is 1:5, and the ratio of boys to the total number of students is 4:5.