The ratio of green marbles to yellow marbles is
4 green marbles to 6 yellow marbles.
If there are 2 green marbles,
how many yellow marbles are there?

Question

anthony5012005 · Answer

I think u would have 2 yellow bc if u have 6 and 4 u would end up with 2 and 4

jhonyy9 · Answer

what mean ratio ?

given that there are 4 green marbles to 6 yellow marbles

so using the rule of 3 simple you can write

if to 4 green marbles correspond 6 yellow marbles so 
to 2 green marbles correspond x yellow marbles ,and now cross multiplie and calcule the x value

4x = 6*2

x = ?

VladimirPutin · Answer

Think of this.

2 goes into 4 twice.

yellow ratio = 6

6 times 2 = ?

VladimirPutin · Answer

Whoops, wrong. Let me retry that.

VladimirPutin · Answer

6 divided by 2 = ?