Question

A kennel has eight adult dogs and 14 puppies what is the ratio of adult dogs two puppies use a multiplication to have comparison to explain its meaning

Answer 1

Number of adult dogs a kennel has = 8 dogs.

Number of puppies = 14 puppies.

We need to find the ratio of adult dogs to puppies = Number of adult dogs: Number of puppies.

= 8:14.

Now, we need to write 8:14 in fraction form $\frac{8}{14} .$

Greatest common factor of 8 and 14 is 2.

$\frac{8}{14} = \frac{2\times 4}{2 \times 7}$$=\frac{4}{7}$.

Therefore, ratio of  adult dogs to puppies is 4:7.