Question

A teacher likes to bake cookies and she regularly brings some to

school to share with both students and teachers. One day, the teacher
brought 66 cookies and distributed 27 to the students and the
remaining number to the teachers. Given the scenario above,
determine the ratio of student cookies to teacher cookies. Write your
ratio with integers in reduced form.

Answer 1

The ratio is 9 to 13.

Explanation:

To get the ratio, subtract the student cookies, from the total cookies.

66 - 27 = 39

Then you have the answer, 27 cookies for the students and 39 cookies for the teachers.

Then, to get the ratio in its reduced form, divide both sides by three, which is the G.C.F. (greatest common factor).

Then the answer is 9:13.