Question

A fruit stand has 28 apples, 20 oranges, and 12 pears. What is the ratio of apples to the total pieces of fruit? A. 1 : 4 B. 7 : 15 C. 1 : 2 D. 7 : 8

Answer 1

Halo there!

The ratio of apples to all fruit is B. 7:15. Here's how to solve:

First, since they're asking for how many apples there are to the total pieces of fruit, add up 28 with 20 and 12:

28 + 20 = 48
48 + 12 = 60

Now, since they're asking specifically <em />for apples <em />to total pieces of fruit, we arrange the ratio in that specific order. Since we know there are 28 apples and 60 fruit in total, the ratio should look like this:

28:60

Finally, we need to simplify the ratio. 4 can fit into both 28 and 60, so let's divide both numbers down by 4 first:

28 / 4 = 7
60 / 4 = 15

7 and 15 don't have any common factors, so these numbers are already in their simplest form. The new ratio should look like this:

7:15

So the correct answer is B! I hope this helped you! :)