Question

Frankie has 5 red marbles , 16 black marbles 3 green miniature balls and 9 yellow miniature balls in a jar at his house . What is the ratio on the number of the minimum balls to the number of black marbles in the jars

Answer 1

The ratio on the number of minimum balls to the number of black marbles is 3 :16

Explanation:

Extracting the key information from the question:-

***Frankie has 16 black marbles, 9 yellow miniature balls, 5 red marbles and 3 green miniature balls.

*** We are required to calculate the ratio on the number of the minimum balls to the number of black marbles.

Ratio refers to the relation between two or more quantities, displaying the number of times one value is contained in the other value.

For example, if there are 12 boys and 20 girls in a classroom, the ratio of boys to girls in the class = 12 : 20

If the figures can be reduced further to the lowest terms e.g 12 : 20, the ratio will now be, 3 : 5

Note that 12 : 20 and 3 : 5 are the same.

We can apply this method to determine the ratio on the number of the minimum balls to the ratio on the number of black marbles in the jar (in the initial question).

Since red balls = 5

Black marbles = 16

Gree miniature balls = 3

Yellow miniature balls= 9

The colour of the balls with the least or minimum quantity in the jar is green and they are only three in number.

The number of black marbles in the jar is 16.

The ratio on the number of the minimum balls to the number of black marbles in the jar is therefore:

3 : 16

Answer 2

3:16

Explanation:

5 red marbles.

16 black marbles.

3 green miniature balls.

9 yellow miniature balls.

We want to determine the ratio of the number of the minimum balls to the number of black marbles in the jars.

The minimum of a set of a number is the lowest value in that set of number. e.g. the minimum of 2,5,1 and 6 is 1.

Minimum Number of balls=3

Number of Black Marbles=16

Ratio of the number of the minimum balls to the number of black marbles in the jars is therefore given as:

3:16