Question

There are 14 apples in a basket 9 of these are green the rest of them are red

Answer 1

a) 14:5

b) 5:9

Explanation:

A ratio shows the relative sizes of two or more values, it can be represented as: '':, /, as a decimal or as a percentage''.

Then,

a) for the ratio of all apples in the basket to red apples:

`14\colon5`

b) For the ratio of red apples to green apples:

`5\colon9`