Question

10 out of 28 students want pancakes and the rest want waffles. What is the ratio of the number of students who want pancakes to the number of students who want waffles?

Answer 1

5:9 is the ratio of number or students who want pancake to number of students who wants waffles

Explanation:

Given:

28 students

10 want pancakes

28-10 = 18 the rest want waffles

Calculate: the ratio of the number of students

who want pancakes to who want waffles

10 who want pancakes to 18 who want waffles

Simplify the ratio 10:18 by dividing both numbers by 2

5:9