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Ratio, SM-Bank 030 MC

A school has 360 students.

The ratio of boys to girls is 4 to 6.

How many boys attend the school?

  1. \(90\)
  2. \(144\)
  3. \(216\)
  4. \(240\)
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\(B\)

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\(\text{Total students}=4+6=10\)
 

\(\text{Fraction of boys}=\dfrac{4}{10}=\dfrac{2}{5}\)

\(\text{Boys}=\dfrac{2}{5}\times 360=144\)
  

\(\Rightarrow B\)

Filed Under: Ratio Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4608-20-Word problems ratio, smc-4608-25-Dividing in a given ratio

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