Question

A package of cookies has 6 chocolate chip cookies with nuts and 12 chocolate chip cookies without nuts. Which of these represents the ratio of cookies with nuts to total cookies?

Answer 1

6:18 is the ratio of cookies with nuts to total cookies.

Answer 2

6:18

Explanation:

Number of cookies with nuts = 6

number of total cookies = no. of cookies WITH nuts + no. of cookies WITHOUT nuts.

= 6 + 12 = 18

Ratio of

Number of cookies with nuts : number of total cookies

6 : 18