Question

A bag holds 28 blue marbles and 49 red marbles. What is the ratio of red marbles to the total number of marbles in the bag?
Question 4 options:

7 to 11

7 to 4

4 to 7

4 to 11

Answer 1

The total number of marbles in the bag is 28 + 49 = 77.
The ratio of red marbles to the total number of marbles is 49 to 77, which can be simplified to 7 to 11.
Therefore, the correct answer is 7 to 11.