Answer:
Solving Problem 1: The ratio in the problem is 2:3. This means that for
every 2 boys in Grade 5 Math Club, there are 3 girls.
To find the missing term in a pair of equivalent ratios, do these steps:
1. Write the two ratios.
2. Identify the missing term.
3. If the missing term is one of the extremes, multiply the means.
4. Divide the product of means by the given extreme.
5. If the missing term is one of the means, multiply the extremes.
6. Divide the product of extremes by the given mean.
Boy:Girl = Boy:Girl
2:3
N:12
7
1st term
2nd term 3rd term 4th term
Means
4
