Ratios
Isabel and Sophia share a bag of 42 sweets. Isabel has 16 sweets. Find the ratio of Sophia's sweets to Isabel's sweets, giving your answer in simplest form
Sophia has 42 - 16 = 26 sweets.
The ratio of Sophia's sweets to Isabel's sweets is 26:16 or 13:8 in simplest form by dividing both sides by 2.
To find the ratio of Sophia's sweets to Isabel's sweets, we need to divide the number of Sophia's sweets by the number of Isabel's sweets.
Sophia has 42 - 16 = 26 sweets.
Therefore, the ratio of Sophia's sweets to Isabel's sweets is 26:16.
To simplify the ratio, we can divide both numbers by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.
26 ÷ 2 = 13
16 ÷ 2 = 8
So the simplified ratio is 13:8.