Question

The ratio of boys to girls in a school chorus is 6:3. If 1/2 of the boys and 1/3 of the girls wore hats in the performance, what fraction of children wore hats?

Answer 1

6:3 boys to girls.
say for the sake of it, there are 60 boys and 30 girls.that makes 90 children.if 1/2 of the boys wore hats, then 30 boys wore hatsif 1/3 of the girls wore hats, then 10 girls wore hatsif 30 boys and 10 girls wore hats, then 40 children wore hatsif 40 children wore hats, then 40/90 children wore hats40/90 can be simplified to 4/94/9 children wore hats