Question

Solve the following.

The population of Mallapur village is 4,500, of which 1,350 are literates. Find

(i) the ratio of total population to the number of illiterates in the simplest form.

(ii) the ratio of total population to the number of literates in the simplest form.

(iii) the ratio of literates to the illiterates in its simplest form.

Answer 1

Population of Mallpur village = 4500

Number of illiterate people = 1350

Number of literate people = 4500 − 1350 = 3150

(i)

Ratio of total population to the number of illiterates

= 4500 : 3150

(ii)

Ratio of total population and number of literates

= 4500: 1350

(iii)

Ratio of number of literates to number of illiterates

= 1350: 3150

= 3: 7