A recent survey of 1730 people found that out of all respondents, only 579 shop at local farmer's markets.
Express the ratio of people who shop at local farmer's markets to the total as a decimal rounded to the thousandths place. 2 points
Is this a part-to-part or a part-to-whole ratio? 1 point
Use your answer from the first part in a sentence. 2 points
1730:579
divide the two which will give you 2.98
this is part to part ratio
To express the ratio of people who shop at local farmer's markets to the total, we can divide the number of people who shop at the market (579) by the total number of respondents (1730).
To calculate this ratio as a decimal rounded to the thousandths place, we divide 579 by 1730 which gives us approximately 0.334.
This ratio is a part-to-whole ratio because we're comparing the number of people who shop at local farmer's markets (a part) to the total number of respondents (the whole).
Using the first part in a sentence, we can say "The ratio of people who shop at local farmer's markets to the total respondents is approximately 0.334."