Question

A cookie recipe calls for 6 cups of flour

and 2 cups of sugar. What is the ratio of
the amount of sugar to the amount of
flour?

Answer 1

1:3

Explanation:

2:6[sugar is to flour]

1:3[to simplify divide both sides by two]

Answer 2

1:3

Explanation:

Sugar : Flour

2 : 6 (substitute the numbers of cups)

1 : 3 (simplify by reducing. divide both sides by 2)

The ratio is 1:3.