Ricardo has a bag of mixed fruit snacks. In the bag, there are 8 cherry fruit snacks and 12 strawberry fruit snacks. What is the ratio of strawberry to cherry?

Question

A.
2:3
B.
3:2
C.
1:8
D.
8:1

Answer 1

The ratio of strawberry to cherry fruit snacks can be found by dividing the number of strawberry fruit snacks by the number of cherry fruit snacks.

There are 12 strawberry fruit snacks and 8 cherry fruit snacks, so the ratio is 12:8.

Simplifying this ratio by dividing both numbers by their greatest common factor of 4 gives us the ratio 3:2.

Therefore, the answer is B. 3:2.