Question

16 students want lemonade and 32 students want iced tea. What is the ratio of the number of students who want lemonade to the total number of students?

Answer 1

16:48 or 16 to 48 or 16 / 48

Explanation:

1. figure out how many students want lemonade
2. Figure out what the total number of students there are
3. Use a colon the word to or make it a fraction

Answer 2

16:48

Explanation:

16 is the total amount of students who want lemonade.
You add 16 with 32 to get 48 students in total.
So the ratio is 16:48.