Question

There are 4 roses in a vase of 11 flowers. The rest are daisies.(a) What is the ratio of roses to daisies?(b) What is the ratio of all flowers in the vase to daisies?Please use :

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) 4 : 7

(b) 11 : 7

Explanation:

We are told that there are 4 roses out of a total of 11 flowers. This means the number of daisies is

$11-4=7daisies$

Hence, there are 4 roses and 7 daisies.

Part a.

The ratio of roses to daisies is

$\frac{\text{roses}}{\text{daisies}}=\frac{4}{7}$

which can be rewritten as 4: 7.

Part b.

The ratio of all flowers in the vase to daisies is

$\frac{\text{all flowers }}{\text{daisies}}=\frac{11}{7}$

which can be rewritten as

$11\colon7$

Hence, to summarize

(a) 4 : 7

(b) 11 : 7