Question

A model is made of a car. The car is 5 feet long and the model is 8 inches long. What is the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model?

Answer 1

@dan815

Answer 2

easiest way is to change feet to inches, and make it a fraction

Answer 3

ok so how i do that

Answer 4

well how many inches are in a foot?

Answer 5

12

Answer 6

so how many are in 5 feet

Answer 7

60

Answer 8

so turn it into a fraction. the ratio of the car=60, and of the model=8. then simplify

Answer 9

how do i turn it into a fraction

Answer 10

either 60/8, or 8/60 depending on the wording of the question

Answer 11

this is wanting the ration of the car to model. so large number would be on top

Answer 12

ratio*

Answer 13

so do i dived 60/8 and 8/ 60

Answer 14

no, don't divide. simplify

Answer 15

the first one, 60/8. what is the greatest common factor of both numbers?

Answer 16

8 doesn't go into 60, nor does 7, 6, or 5. 4 does, so how many times does 4 go into 8, and into 60?

Answer 17

2 and 15

Answer 18

right

Answer 19

60 divided by 8 equals 7.5. 15 divided by 2 is also 7.5. now that the fraction is simplified, you can turn it into a ratio. a:b. a is the size of the car, b is the size of the model

Answer 20

which number go in front 2 or 15

Answer 21

which number was for the car?

Answer 22

it is asking for the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model. so it would be 60:8 as a ratio. but you simplified it. so replace the numbers with the simplified versions

Answer 23

do 15:2

Answer 24

i meant so its 15:2

Answer 25

yep!