Question

Simon used 3 pears and 9 apples to make a fruit salad. What was the ratio of the number of pears to the number of apples in the fruit salad. And how d I'd we get 1:3.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ratio is an expression that shows the relationship between two items in terms of quantity. It shows how much of one item can be found in another.

Simon used 3 pears and 9 apples to make a fruit salad.

This is expressed in terms of quantity.

The ratio of the number of pears which simon used to the number of apples which simon used will be

Number of pears which simon used ÷ the number of apples which simon used.

The ratio is 3/9.

Simplifying further to its lowest term,

It becomes 1/3

This is done by dividing the numerator and denominator by 3