Question

What is the ratio of cats to pumpkins? What is the ratio of pumpkins to cats? Write

your answer in three different ways in the simplest form.

Please Help me I don't understand :)

Answer 1

There is 1 cat to 3 pumpkins

1 : 3

1 to 3

`\( \displaystyle (1)/(3) \)`

Explanation:

A ratio says how much of one thing there is compared to another thing.

There are 2 cats and 6 pumpkins, so we say:

"There are 2 cats to 6 pumpkins"

Ratios can be shown in different ways:

Use the ":" to separate the values: 2 : 6

Use the word "to": 2 to 6

`\textsf{write it like a fraction}:\ \( \displaystyle (2)/(6) \)`

This ratio can be reduced to its simplest form by divide both numbers by 2. So the ratio in its simplest form is:

There is 1 cat to 3 pumpkins

1 : 3

1 to 3

`\( \displaystyle (1)/(3) \)`