Question

In the cafeteria, 100 milk cartons were put out for breakfast. At the end of breakfast, 27 remained. 1.What is the ratio of milk cartons taken to total milk cartons? 2.What is the ratio of milk cartons remaining to milk cartons taken?

Answer 1

1. The ratio of milk cartons taken to total milk cartons,
100 - 27 = 73 were taken
73/100 is the ratio of milk cartons taken to total milk cartons

2. The ratio of milk cartons remaining to milk cartons taken
27 / 73 is the ratio of milk cartons remaining to milk cartons taken