Question

The ratio of destroyers to battleships in the navy is 10:40.What fraction of the total number of boats is the number of destroyers?

Answer 1

You would just take the numbers and put them in a fraction format (10/40) then simplify (1/4) so the fraction of the total number of boats to the number of destroyers would be 1/4 :)

Answer 2

10:40 = 10/40 = 1/4 of the boats are destroyers

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