Higher June 2019 Paper 3 Q14

AQACurrent spec1 markRatio & Basic Proportion

14 For Class X, \(\quad\) number of boys : number of girls = 7 : 8

For Class Y, \(\quad\) number of boys : number of girls = 3 : 4

Which statement must be true?

Tick one box. [1 mark]

  • Class X has more boys than class Y
  • Class X has twice as many girls as class Y
  • Class X has a greater proportion of boys than class Y
  • Class X has the same proportion of boys as class Y