Question

A fruit basket contains 11 red apples and 7 green apples. What is the ratio of the number of red apples to the number of green apples

Answer 1

11:7 or 11/7

Explanation:

Since your asking for the ratio 11 goes first as the problom states red apples to green apples and there are 7 green apples so the corect answer is 11:7

Answer 2

The ratio is 11 : 7. I.e the number of red apples are 11 and that of green are 7