Question

Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per $1000$ males in the total population. Find the sex ratio if there are $4840$ females per $5000$ males in a town.

Answer 1

Given :

Number of females $=4840$

Number of males $=5000$

Sex ratio $=\frac{Numberoffemales}{Numberofmales}$

$=\frac{4840}{5000}$

$=\frac{968}{1000}$ (on dividing numerator and denominator by $5$)

So, the number of females per $1000$ males in the total population are $968$.

Hence, the required sex ratio is $968$ in the town.