Question

Salama makes fruit baskets with oranges and bananas.

She uses between 8 and 16 oranges and bananas in a ratio of 3 oranges to 2 bananas.

Answer 1

6:4

Explanation:

3+2=5, but 5 is not enough so we multiply 3 and 2 to make 6 and 4. Now 6+4= 10 which is between 8 and 16 as we need. So the answer is 6:4

Answer 2

Answer: 9 oranges: bananas

Explanation:

The ratio is 3 oranges: 2 bananas. They add up to 5 fruits, so some possible values are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. We need a value between 8 and 16. This means that we need 15/5 = 3 portions of fruits and since the ratio is 3:2

We multiply this by the original ratio to get 9 oranges: 6 bananas