Question

Dana loves rocks! She has 666 pieces of granite, 333 pieces of marble, 141414 pieces of sandstone, and 111 piece of slate. What is the ratio of pieces of sandstone to pieces of marble in Dana's collection?

Answer 1

Answer: $14:3$

Step-by-step explanation:

The exercise is:

"Dana loves rocks! She has 6 pieces of granite, 3 pieces of marble, 14 pieces of sandstone, and 1 piece of slate. What is the ratio of pieces of sandstone to pieces of marble in Dana's collection?"

You can use ratio to compare values.

By definition, ratios can be written in the following form:

$a:b$

In this case, you know that the number of  pieces of different rocks that Diana has in her collections, are:

$granite=6\ pieces\\\\marble=3\ pieces\\\\sandstone=14\ pieces\\\\slate=1\ piece$

Since you must compare the number of pieces of sandstone and the number of pieces of marble in Dana's collection, you need to write the following ratio:

$sandstone:marble\\\\14:3$