12 kittens to 15 puppies
actually, I'd make that 12:15
To compare the number of kittens to puppies, we can use a ratio. The ratio is typically expressed in the form of a fraction.
Given that there are 12 kittens and 15 puppies, we can write the ratio as:
Kittens/Puppies
Next, we need to simplify the ratio. The greatest common divisor of 12 and 15 is 3, so we divide both numbers by 3:
(12/3) / (15/3) = 4/5
Therefore, the ratio of kittens to puppies is 4/5.
To compare the number of kittens to the number of puppies, you can convert the numbers into a common unit. You can either convert both to kittens or both to puppies. Let's convert both numbers to kittens:
Since there are 12 kittens already, we need to convert the number of puppies to kittens. To do this, we can multiply the number of puppies by the ratio of kittens to puppies:
12 kittens ÷ 15 puppies = 0.8 kittens/puppy
Now we can convert the number of puppies to kittens by multiplying the number of puppies by the ratio we found:
15 puppies × 0.8 kittens/puppy = 12 kittens
So, there are also 12 kittens in addition to the initial 12 kittens, making a total of 24 kittens.