Question

If Jace had 77 blue pens,23 red pens 15 pink pens and 4 purple pens what is the part to whole ratio for red pens to all of the pens?

Answer 1

23 to 119 (23:119)

Step-by-step

you first have to add all of the pens together and then take the number of red pens and make that a ratio

Answer 2

23:119

Explanation:

all pens:

77 blue + 23 red + 15 pink + 4 purple

77 + 23 + 15 + 4 = 119

119 total pens

23 red / 119 total

23/119

23 is prime, so this cannot be simplified further

the ratio of red : total pens is 23:119