Question

Marcy goal was to collect 10 cans of food for a local food bank. She collected 160 cans use the grid to model to understand how to write this as a ratio, a fraction

Answer 1

We're told that Marcy collected 160 out of 10 cans. That could be expressed as 160/10, but given that the numerator and denominator are both divisible by 10, we can factor that out and express it as 16/1. You can also express it as ratio of 16:1 cans collected to cans intended.

Answer 2

As a ratio, this is expressed as

✔ 160 to 100

As a fraction, this is expressed as

✔ 160/100

As a percent, this is expressed as

✔ 160%

Explanation:

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