Question

A jar contains 1000 beans.of them,400 are azuki beans and the rest are pinto bean.what is the ratio of azuki beans to all the beans?

Answer 1

The answer is 2:3

Explanation: 400:600

Answer 2

Number of Azuki beans = 400
Total no of beans = 1000
Ratio of azuki beans to all beans = 400/1000
Simplify to get 4/10 (divide numerator and denominator by 100)
Simplify again to get 2/5 - this is the solution (divide numerator and denominator by 2)