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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. …

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. …
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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? .

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For this item, if we let x be the number of counters that Max has then, the number of counters that Jack has is 3x. The ratio is therefore,
3x/x = 3/1 = 3

The total number of counters is 4x. The fraction of counters that Max has is
x/4x or 1/4
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