✒️ RATIOS

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DIRECTION:

Write the correct ratio for each problem using any of the three forms. Express your answer in lowest term.

1. There are 24 girls and 17 boys in Grade 6 Mapalad. What is the ratio of boys to the number of girls in the class?____

2. Every quarter, each pupil submits 5 plastic bottles in EPP as project. Give the ratio of bottles to quarter.

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ANSWER:

1. 17 to 24, 17:24, 17/24

2. 5 to 1, 5:1, 5/1

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EXPLANATION:

There are 3 ways in writing ratios:

The most common way to write a ratio is as a fraction. We could also write it using the word "to". Finally, we could write this ratio using a colon between the two numbers.

Example: 2 chocolates and 5 marshmallows

Fraction form: 2/5

Word form: 2 to 5

Colon form: 2:5

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