Question

In a box of chocolates, 1/5 of the chocolates contain nuts.
The rest of the chocolates do not contain nuts.
Write down the ratio of the number of chocolates that contain nuts to number of chocolates that do not contain nuts.
Give your answer in the form of 1:n

Answer 1

Answer:

The ratio of the number of chocolates that contain nuts to the number of chocolates = 1:4

Step-by-step explanation:

The parameters given are;

Proportion of the box of chocolates that contain nuts = 1/5

Proportion of the box of chocolates that do not contain nuts = 1 - 1/5 = 4/5

Therefore, we have in a box of chocolates with five chocolates;

The number of chocolates that contain nuts = 1

The number of chocolates that do not contain nuts = 4

Which gives the ratio of the number of chocolates that contain nuts to the number of chocolates as 1:4.