Question

A security guard uses 20 minutes of every hour to walk outside the school, leaving the remaining

40 minutes for monitoring inside the school. Write the ratio that represents the time the
security guard spends outside to the time spent inside.

Answer 1

40/20, 40:20, 40 to 20

Explanation:

20min/1hr

40min/1hr

Question order asks ratio from outside time to inside time so the 40 would come first. also, all the above are correct. You can write a ratio as a fraction, with a colon, or with the word to.