Fill in the blanks.
Each boy has 1 stickers.
Each girl has 4 stickers.
The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 1 : 8.
- Difference in the number of girls and boys = _____ u
- Total number of boys and girls = _____ u
- Difference in the number of stickers that the boys and the girls have = _____ u
- Total number of stickers that the boys and girls have = _____ u
|
Boys |
Girls |
Number of children |
1 u |
8 u |
Number of stickers for each child |
1 |
4 |
Total number of stickers |
1 u x 1 = 1 u |
8 u x 4 = 32 u |
(a)
Change ratio into units.
Number of boys = 1 u
Number of girls = 8 u
Difference between the number of girls and boys
= 8 u - 1 u
= 7 u
(b)
Total number of boys and girls
= 1 u + 8 u
= 9 u
(c)
Total number of stickers that the boys have
= 1 u x 1
= 1 u
Total number of stickers that the girls have
= 8 u x 4
= 32 u
Difference in the number of stickers that the boys and the girls have
= 32 u - 1 u
= 31 u
(d)
Total number of stickers that the boys and girls
= 1 u + 32 u
= 33 u
Answer(s): (a) 7; (b) 9; (c) 31; (d) 33