Question

Not sure how to solve this problem. Can someone help. I'll medal.
A vase contains 12 tulips and 20 roses. What is the ratio of roses to the total number of flowers in the vase?

A.
3 to 8

B.
3 to 5

C.
5 to 8

D.
5 to 3

Answer 1

ooops i read the question wrong LOL

Answer 2

lol thats ok

Answer 3

20 to 32 then simplify. You got 32 because if u add 20 and 12 you get 32 which is the total number of flowers

Answer 4

So then You simplify, an easy number to simplify by would be by 2.

Answer 5

We have 12 tulips and 20 roses.
We want to find the ratio of roses to TOTAL number of flowers ( 12 + 20 = 32)
(meaning, roses : total flowers)

Therefore this means we have the ratio 20 : 32 right?
Note we have 20 roses and 32 flowers all together.

Then from 20 :32 , you want to simplify the ratio even further :)
so look at the numbers 20 and 32 and basically think of the largest number which BOTH 20 and 32 can be divided by .

Answer 6

and I got 10 to 16

Answer 7

which simplifies to 5 to 8

Answer 8

correct ^_^! Good job

Answer 9

so C

Answer 10

Yep! :)

Answer 11

Thank you :)