Consider the number of different flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day is shown below in the tally table. Flavour of ice-cream Number of ice-cream sold Vanilla |||| |||| |||| |||| || Chocolate |||| |||| |||| | Strawberry |||| Coffee |||| |||| |||| |||| Neopolitan |||| What is the ratio of the number of the Vanilla flavoured ice-cream to the coffee flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day?
Consider the number of different flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day is shown below in the tally table. Flavour of ice-cream Number of ice-cream sold Vanilla |||| |||| |||| |||| || Chocolate |||| |||| |||| | Strawberry |||| Coffee |||| |||| |||| |||| Neopolitan |||| What is the ratio of the number of the Vanilla flavoured ice-cream to the coffee flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day? Correct Answer 22 ∶ 19
Concept used:
A tally is a continuous count of something, like the number of words in a document
| → 1, || → 2, ||| → 3, |||| → 4, |||| → 5
Calculation:
Total number of Vanilla flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 22
Total number of coffee flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day = 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 = 19
Ratio = 22 ∶ 19
∴ The ratio of the number of the Vanilla flavoured ice-cream to the coffee flavoured ice-cream sold by the man in a day is 22 ∶ 19