Question

A basket contains 32 apples. If 12 of the apples are green and the rest are red, the ratio of the number of red apples to green is

• A. 3:5
• B. 5:3
• C. 3:8
• D. 8:3

Answer 1

The correct option is B 5:3

$\text{Total number of apples}=32$

$\text{Number of green apples}=12$

$\therefore \text{Number of red apples}=32-12=20$

$\text{Fraction of red apples per green apple will be:}=\frac{20}{12}=\frac{20÷4}{12÷4}=\frac{5}{3}$

$\text{Converting the fraction to a ratio, we get:}$

$\frac{5}{3}⟹5:3$

$\therefore \text{The ratio of the number of red apples}$ $\text{to that of the green apples in the}\text{basket is 5:3}$