A jar contains 7 blue marbles, 12 red marbles, and 4 green marbles. What is the ratio of red marbles to the total number of marbles in the jar?

Verified Answer :

add all the numbers together and the divide by 12. 


Add all the marbles to find the total number in the jar, which is 7+12+4, which is 23. There are 12 red marbles so the ratio is 12/23 or 12:23.