Question

On cold days Leah likes to make hot chocolate. She uses 8 tablespoons of cocoa and 2 tabelspoons of sugar, what ratio is equivalent to 8 to 2? Complete the statement. The ratio 8 to 2 is equivalent to the ratio ? To ?

Answer 1

4 to 1

Explanation:

The greatest common factor between 8 and 2 is 2. So 2 will go into 8, 4 times. And 2 will go into 2, 1 time. So simplified the equivalent ratio is 4:1.