Question

A container holds 21 spoons and 27 forks. What is the ratio of spoons to the total number of utensils in the container?

[Please explain this to me]

Answer 1

The total number of utensils is all of the utensils so, 21 + 27 = ?

Answer 2

48

Answer 3

Perfect, so you have 48 Utensils.

Now you have 21 spoons right?

So the ration of Spoons to total utensils, is 21:48

Answer 4

The ratio of two numbers is their quotient.

Answer 5

Thanks :D

Answer 6

Now 21:48 is not fully simplified

Answer 7

They are both divisible by 3

Answer 8

Uhh, How do you reduce a fraction?? Or just numbers in general?

Answer 9

You divide each terms by a common factor, or by the greatest common factor.

Answer 10

Now a common factor of 21 and 48 is 3

Answer 11

Wait so reduced it's 7 to 16?

Answer 12

Correct!

Answer 13

So your ratio is 7:16!

Answer 14

Now 7 and 16 do not have a common factor other than 1, so your ratio is good!

7:16

Answer 15

Yay! Thanks

Answer 16

$$\Huge \frac{21}{48}$$

Answer 17

Np @Shaaan14

Answer 18

:)