Question

As you were organizing your closet you counted 20 shirts and 12 pairs of pants what was the pants to shirt ratio?

Answer 1

Answer: 5 : 3

Explanation:

The ratio of shirts to pants can be shown by putting the number if shirts and pants in the following manner:

Number of shirts : Number of pants

20 : 12

Then you have to take this to the lowest term. 4 is a factor of both numbers so when divided by 4 we get:

= 5 : 3

This is the ratio.