Fill in the blanks.
Each girl has 8 stickers.
Each boy has 9 stickers.
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 1 : 6.
- Difference in the number of boys and girls = _____ u
- Total number of girls and boys = _____ u
- Difference in the number of stickers that the girls and the boys have = _____ u
- Total number of stickers that the girls and boys have = _____ u
|
Girls |
Boys |
Number of children |
1 u |
6 u |
Number of stickers for each child |
8 |
9 |
Total number of stickers |
1 u x 8 = 8 u |
6 u x 9 = 54 u |
(a)
Change ratio into units.
Number of girls = 1 u
Number of boys = 6 u
Difference between the number of boys and girls
= 6 u - 1 u
= 5 u
(b)
Total number of girls and boys
= 1 u + 6 u
= 7 u
(c)
Total number of stickers that the girls have
= 1 u x 8
= 8 u
Total number of stickers that the boys have
= 6 u x 9
= 54 u
Difference in the number of stickers that the girls and the boys have
= 54 u - 8 u
= 46 u
(d)
Total number of stickers that the girls and boys
= 8 u + 54 u
= 62 u
Answer(s): (a) 5; (b) 7; (c) 46; (d) 62