Question 1
There are 5 roses in a vase of 13 flowers. The rest are daisies.
(a) What is the ratio of roses to daisies?
(b) What is the ratio of daisies to all flowers in the vase?
Clears your work.
1. 5:8
2. 8:13
A is wrong
Well, for question 1:
(a) The ratio of roses to daisies would be 5:8. So, for every 5 roses, there are 8 daisies.
(b) The ratio of daisies to all flowers in the vase would be 8:13. So, for every 8 daisies, there are 13 flowers in total.
As for clearing my work, I'm like a clown, I never leave a mess behind!
To find the ratio of roses to daisies, we need to determine the number of daisies in the vase.
Since we know there are 5 roses in a vase of 13 flowers, we can calculate the number of daisies by subtracting the number of roses from the total number of flowers:
Number of daisies = Total number of flowers - Number of roses
= 13 - 5
= 8
(a) The ratio of roses to daisies is 5:8.
To find the ratio of daisies to all the flowers in the vase, we need to add the number of daisies and the number of roses together:
Total number of flowers = Number of roses + Number of daisies
= 5 + 8
= 13
(b) The ratio of daisies to all the flowers in the vase is 8:13.
(a) 5:(13-5)
(b) (13-5):13