Question

In a bag of balloons .there are 3 red balloons for every 4 blue balloons .are there more red or more blue balloons in the bag?.how do you know?

Answer 1

well, which is greater -- 3 or 4?

Answer 2

possible cases:
3 red, 4 blue
6 red, 8 blue
30 red, 40 blue
237 red, 316 blue, <---- 237/316 = 3/4 , which is the case for each example

in each case which is more, the blue or the red?

Answer 3

Thanks