Question

Malik has two pencils. He has four blue pencils and 2 red pencils. What is the radio of red pencils and blue pencils?

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Answer 1

Answer: 2:4 or 1:2

You could also write it in a fraction 1/2

Answer 2

2:4

Explanation:

We know that Malik has 4 blue pencils and 2 red pencils. Therefore, the ratio of red pencils to blue pencils is 2:4.

# of red pencils : # of blue pencils

2 red pencils : 4 blue pencils

2:4

I hope this helps!