Question

Paul has 16 baseballs and 12 golf balls what is the ratio of balls to golf balls

Answer 1

Ratio is just a fraction in other form. To create ratio we can just make fraction and transform it into ratio, so
$\frac{baseballs}{golf bals} = \frac{16}{12} =16:12$
Now we can simplify the ratio/fraction
$\frac{16}{12} = \frac{4}{3}$ = 4:3 - its the result