Question

An adult female elephant weights about 8000 pounds. A newborn baby elephant weighs about 200 pounds. Write the ration of the baby elephant’s weight to the adult female elephant’s weight.

Please help?

Answer 1

40:1

Explanation:

8000:200

divide both sides by 200

8000/200 = 40

200/200=1

40:1 or 40/1

Answer 2

The ratio would be 40:1 or 40/1. All you would do is divide the two by numbers that they are divisible until you can't divide anymore and that is your ratio.