Question

7. ​Jack and Max share some counters. Jack has 3 times as many counters as Max.

(a) ​Write down the ratio of the number of counters Jack has to the number of counters ​Max has.

(b) ​What fraction of the counters does Max have?

Answer 1

To answer this item, we let x be the number of counters that Max has. By the representation, the number of counters that Jack has is 3x.

a. Ratio of counters,
3x:x
which can be simplified by dividing by x both sides of the ratio giving us the answer of,
3:1

b. Fraction of counters Max have,
fraction = x / (x + 3x) = 1/4