If there are 4500 students at Capital High School and 250 teachers. What is the teacher to student ratio?

2 Answers
Jun 20, 2018

Ratio of Teachers to Students is 1:18

Explanation:

As explained below:

Students: 4500

Teachers: 250

Let the ratio of teachers to students be represented as [T:S]

[T:S] = 250:4500

Simply further and we get:

[T:S] = 1:18

Hence Ratio of Teachers to Students is 1:18

Jun 20, 2018

The teacher:student ratio is 1:18.

Explanation:

We want to find the teacher to student ratio and know that there are 250 teachers and 4500 students.

A ratio can also be written as a fraction, so it can be written as:
250:4500 or 2504500.

To simplify the fraction, we divide both numerator and denominator by their GCF, or greatest common factor. Their greatest common factor is 250, so divide by that:
2504500รท250250

=118

As a ratio, this is written as 1:18.

Therefore, the teacher:student ratio is 1:18.

Hope this helps!