Question

there are 3 red paper clips, 5 yellow paper clips, and 6 silver paperclipscin a jar. What is the ratio of the number of red paper clips? Please help me

Answer 1

the answer is always all the numbers added together
with the what they are specifically asking in front.
if that makes sense?

3:14

they are asking for the red so 3 goes in front and the total number of all the paper clips follows