Question

Megan and her little sister, Nora, counted their Halloween candy after trick-or-treating. Theylove taffy and wanted to know who collected more taffy pieces compared to the rest of thecandy. In Megan's bag, 20 out of the 50 candy pieces were taffy. In Nora's bag, 11 out of the25 pieces were taffy. Who got the greater ratio of taffy to total candy pieces?Megan got the greater ratio.Nora got the greater ratio.Neither. The girls got the same ratio.

Answer 1

The ratio that represents the quantity of taffy pieces out of the total for each girl is:

$\text{MEGAN}=\frac{20}{50}=\frac{2}{5}=0.4$

and

$\text{NORA}=\frac{11}{25}=0.44$

we also know that 0.44 is greater that 0.4 so the answer is that Nora got the greater ratio.