Question

The table shows the amounts of onions and tomatoes in batches of different sizes in a sauce recipe.Elena observes that if she takes the number in the column for tomatoes and divides it by the corresponding number in the column for onions, she always gets the same result.What is the meaning of the number that Elena calculated?onions (ounces)246tomatoes (ounces)163248

Answer 1

The meaning of the number that Elena calculated is a ratio.

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