Question

Rachel collected rocks at the river. She found 24 small rocks and 16 large rocks. What ratio compares the numbers of small rocks to the number of larger rocks?

Answer 1

3:2

Explanation:

The ratio of two numbers is calculated by finding the biggest number that divides both numbers.

In this case that Number is 8.

Small rocks: 24 ÷ 8 = 3

Large rocks: 16 ÷ 6 = 2

Then the ratio is shown like this

Small rocks:Large rocks

-> 3:2