Question

If a bag contains 16 red, 4 yellow, 20 blue, and 8 white balloons, what is the part to whole ratio of red balloons?

A) 1:3
B) 1:4
C) 1:5
D) 1:6

Answer 1

A) 1:3. Add 16, 4, 20, and 8= 48. Then simplify 16:48 = 2:6 = 1:3 :)

Answer 2

Option A) 1 : 3

Explanation:

A bag contains 16 red, 4 yellow, 20 blue and 8 white balloons.

Total balloons in a bag = 16 + 4 + 20 + 8

= 48 balloons

The part to whole ratio of red balloons

= 16 : 48 [simplify it]

= 8 : 24

= 1 : 3

The ratio is 1 : 3

Option A) is the correct answer.