Question

There are 18 apples in a fruit basket. 5 of the apples are red and the rest are green. What is the ratio of the number of red apples to the number of green apples?

:13

Answer 1

To find the number of green apples in the basket, we can subtract the number of red apples from the total number of apples.

Total apples = 18
Red apples = 5
Green apples = Total apples - Red apples = 18 - 5 = 13

Now, to find the ratio of the number of red apples to the number of green apples, we express it as follows:

Ratio of red apples to green apples = Red apples : Green apples
= 5 : 13

Therefore, the ratio of the number of red apples to the number of green apples is **5:13**.