Question

the local farmer market sells two pound bags of apples that contain eight apples. what two unit rates can be found to represent the ratio, do they make sense why.

Answer 1

2:8

1:4

8:2

1:1/4

1:.25

there are two unit rates that could make sense: 1:4, because, using the ratio of 2:8, you divide 2 by 2, and 8 by 2, therefore making it equivalent, and 1: 0.25, or 1: 1/4, because you switch the ratio into 8:2 instead of 2:8, and divide each by 4. The first ratio makes more sense, because of the order, and how it doesn't need a fraction or decimal, but both could work.