Question

4 quarts to 31 pints Express each ratio as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

As of now you're comparing apples to oranges. Convert 4 quarts into pints so that you can have them all in the same units

Answer 2

2 pints = 1 quart.

Thus,

4 quarts 2 pints 8 pints
------- * ------- = ---------
1 1 quart

Then the ratio in question is

8 pints
+++++ = 8/31.
31 pints

Answer 3

Or, 8:31.