Question

In 2001 , a youth clubs total income was £1000 the club spent 60% of its total income on renting a hall it further spent £250 on prizes work out the ratio

The amount spent on hall : amount spent on prizes

Answer 1

12:5

Explanation:

To calculate the ratio, we must first find the values of the two expenditures. The amount spent on renting a hall was 60% of £1000. To represent percentages in decimals, we can simply divide the percentage by 100, resulting in 0.6 here. We can then multiply this value by 1000 to get the amount spent on renting a hall, which comes out to £600

The ratio is then 600 : 250, 60 : 25 (divide both sides by 10) , or 12:5 (divide both sides by another 5)