Question

picked a handful of jelly beans. He chose 8 blue, 4 green, 2 red and 2 yellow. Compare blue jelly beans to red jelly beans. Write a ratio to compare green jelly beans to the total number of jelly beans

Answer 1

8 blue jelly beans
4 Green
2 Red
2 Yellow

When comparing blue jelly beans to red jelly beans the ration would be

Blue Jelly beans : Red Jelly Beans

So it’d be
8:2

The ratio to compare green to total would be

4 : 16