Question

Paul's Pizzeria sells 45 cheese pizzas in 20 pepperoni pizzas each week what is the ratio of cheese pizzas to pepperoni pizzas sold each week by Paul's Pizzeria

Answer 1

9 : 4 . . . or . . . 9/4

Explanation:

Write the given numbers in a ratio expression:

cheese pizzas : pepperoni pizzas = 45 : 20 = (5·9) : (5·4) = 9 : 4

Answer 2

Write the ratio as a fraction with the number of cheese pizzas over the number of pepperoni:

45/20, which can be simplifies to 9/4