Question

Nicole is making carrot bread. She needs 5 cups of carrots for every 2 cups of sugar. What is the ratio of cups of sugar to cups of carrots that Nicole will need? Write the ratio in three different ways.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Step one:

we are told that it takes 5 cups of carrots to every 2 cups of sugar.

What is a ratio?

The ratio is simply a comparison of two quantities, in relation to one another

Step two:

The various ways to represent the ratios are

1. in word form

it takes 5 cups of carrot and 2 cups of sugar

or 5 is to 2

2. in ratio form it is

5:2 cups of carrot to cups of sugars

3. In decimal form

5/2 cups of carrot to cups of sugar