Question

There are 9 roses and 7 daisies in a vase.

(a) What is the ratio of roses to all flowers in the vase?

(b) What is the ratio of daisies to all flowers in the vase?

Answer 1

(a) To find the ratio of roses to all flowers in the vase, we first need to calculate the total number of flowers:

Total flowers = Number of roses + Number of daisies
Total flowers = 9 + 7 = 16

Now, we can find the ratio of roses to all flowers:

Ratio of roses to all flowers = Number of roses : Total flowers
Ratio of roses to all flowers = 9 : 16

(b) To find the ratio of daisies to all flowers, we can use the same total number of flowers (16):

Ratio of daisies to all flowers = Number of daisies : Total flowers
Ratio of daisies to all flowers = 7 : 16

So, the final answers are:

(a) 9 : 16
(b) 7 : 16