Question

100 hundred milk cartons were put out for break fast. At the end of breakfast 27 remained. what is the ratio of the number of milk cartons.

Answer 1

100:27

a ratio is the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

so its also possible to do 100 to 27 but the answer is 100:27 or 100 to 27