Question

In Hillary's flower garden, she has 12 variety of Aba Aba plant and 24 variety of bougainvillea. What is the ratio of bougainvillea to Aba Aba plant? Express the ratio in colon form and fraction form.

Answer 1

Given,

Number of varities of Aba Aba = 12

Number of varities of Bougainville = 24

To find,

The ratio of Bougainville to Aba Aba in colon form and fraction form.

Solution,

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

Ratio of Bougainville to Aba Aba -

Colon form :

= 24:12

= 2:1 (Simplest form)

Fractional form :

= 24/12

= 2/1 (Simplest form)

Hence, the ratio will be 2:1 and 2/1 in colon and fractional forms respectively.