Question

Betty and Adam are playing cards. Betty has won 5 hands and Adam has won 20 hands. What is the ratio of the number of hands Betty has won to the number of hands Adam has won? A. 4:1 B. 1:4 C. 1:5 D. 5:1

Answer 1

B. 1:4

Explanation:

This problem is on ratio of quantities.

step one:

what is a ratio?

A ratio is a way of expressing the relation of one quantity to another, it is usaully expressed in fraction as x/y, x:y or sometime x is to y

step two:

given that Betty won 5 hands

and Adam won 20 hands

step three:

Therefore the ratio of the number of hands Betty has won to the number of hands Adam has won is

=5/20

=1/4

or simply put 1:4