1. A city street has four large apartment houses and fourteen private homes. What is the

ratio at apartment houses to Private homes?

The ratio can be calculated by doing the following steps;

Step-by-step explanation:

As mentioned above that there are 4 large apartment houses and 14 private homes, so the ratio can be calculated by dividing both the quantities.

4:14

It can be simply reduce by the table of 2.

2:7

Therefore, it can be said that for every 2 large home there are 7 private homes.

1. Write the information out as a fraction as fractions and ratios are the same thing. So it would be 4/14 (apartment homes/private homes).

2. Then you make the fraction as small as you can. So both 4 and 14 divide by 2 now making the fraction 2/7.

3. You can easily convert that to a ratio by adding a : instead of a / so now it is 2:7 meaning for every 2 apartment houses there are 7 private homes.

4. If needed you can divide it by 2 again to find the ratio of 1 apartment house to the number of private homes making the ratio now 1:3.5.

5. Always remember to read what the question is asking so in this case it is apartments to private homes so apartments come first in the ratio then the private homes.