Question

Gabby picked out a handful of jellybeans. She chose 8 red, 3 yellow, 5 black, and 2 orange. What is the ratio of yellow jellybeans to total jellybeans?

Answer 1

The ratio of yellow jellybeans to total jellybeans is 1:6.

Explanation:

The ratio of yellow jellybeans to total jellybeans is given by the number of yellow jellybeans divided by the number of total jellybeans.

In this question, we have that:

There are 3 yellow jellybeans.

In total, there are 8 + 3 + 5 + 2 = 18 total jellybeans.

So the ratio is:

3/18 = 1/6 = 1:6

The ratio of yellow jellybeans to total jellybeans is 1:6.