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6th grade math ratios problems please help?

I helping my niece on her homework on ratios. They shows 8 paper clips, 4 erasers, and 6 pens. We already found the ratios but they are asking something else. I know how to explain to her:

They want her to fill in the blank

The number of paper clips is _________ times the number of erasers.

The number of erasers is _______ the number of paper clips.

The number of erasers is _______ the number of pens.

The number of pens is ________times the numbers of erasers.

Need help on this.... Hopefully someone can help me thanks

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    The number of paper clips to erasers is 2:1. Therefore, the number of paper clips is two times the number of erasers.

    The number of erasers in 1/5 times the number of paper clips.

    The number of Erasers is 2/3 the number of pens.

    The number of pens is 1 and 2/3 the number of erasers.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    The number of paper clips is ____2_____ times the number of erasers.

    The number of erasers is __1/2_____ the number of paper clips.

    The number of erasers is _(4/1 ÷ 6/1 = 4/1 x 1/6 = 4/6 divide both sides by 2 and you have 2/3) 2/3 __ the number of pens.

    The number of pens is ___1 1/2 _____times the numbers of erasers

  • 6 years ago

    The number of paper clips is _________ times the number of erasers.

    8/4 = 2

    The number of erasers is _______ the number of paper clips.

    4/8 = 1/2

    The number of erasers is _______ the number of pens.

    4/6 = 2/3

    The number of pens is ________times the numbers of erasers.

    6/4 = 1 1/2

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