Question

At an office supply store, Rachel bought 5 erasers, 15 pens, and 40 pencils. What is ratio of the number of erasers to the number of pens to the number of pencils she bought?

Answer 1

1:3:8

Explanation:

The original ratio erasers:pens:pencils is 5:15:40. Since the greatest common factor is 5, we can divide all the numbers by 5.

Therefore the ratio is 1:3:8