Question

Kiera and her brother, Desmond, are making trail mix to bring on their family's camping trip. Kiera uses 2 cups of raisins and 5 cups of nuts in her trail mix. Desmond uses 3 cups of raisins and 6 cups of nuts in his trail mix. Whose trail mix has a lower ratio of raisins to nuts?

Answer 1

Answer:

Kiera has a lower ratio of raisins to nuts. (2:5)

Step-by-step explanation:

To find this, you would have to make the number of nuts the same in each to accurately compare them.

It starts with Kiera's 2 cups of raisins and 5 cups of nuts. So it will be 2:5 (raisins first then nuts.)

Desmond will be 3:6 (have to make it the same order, raisins and then nuts.)

So I multiplied both the 2 and the 5 in 2:5 by 6 first.

Then multiply both the 3 and 6 in 3:6 by 5 to make the number of nuts the same in both.

So Kiera will have 12:30 and Desmond will have 15:30.

Then you can conclude that Kiera has the lower ratio.