Question

Find the ratio of $30$ days to $36$ hours.

Answer 1

Step 1: Express the bigger quantity in terms of the smaller quantity:

$30$ days is bigger than $36$ hours.

$1$ day$=24$ hours

$\therefore 30$ days$=30\times 24=720$ hours.

Step 2: Find their ratio:

Ratio of $30$ days to $36$ hours is,

$$\begin{gathered} 720:36 \\ =20:1 \end{gathered}$$

Therefore, ratio of $30$ days to $36$ hours is $20:1$.