Question

A store sells 13 coffees and 65 hot chocolates. What is the ratio of coffees to hot chocolates?

Answer 1

The ratio is 13: 65 or 13/65 which can be reduced to 1:5 or 1/5

Explanation:

A ratio is basically a fraction. It can be written as an improper fraction and left in an improper form.

In this problem coffee is mentions first so the amount of coffee is the top part of the fraction or numerator

The hot chocolates is mentions last so the amount of hot chocolates is the bottom part of the fraction or denominator.

Putting this as a fractions gives

`13/65`

This can be factored as `13 xx 1` for the numerator

This can be factored as `13 x 5` for the denominator.

This gives

`(1 xx 13) / (5 xx 13)`

`13/13` = 1 leaving

`1/5` or 1:5