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Meera's ribbon is measured on the centimetre ruler shown. Her rope is 2 m long. What is the ratio of the ribbon's length to the rope's length, in simplest form?

Class 6Understanding RatiosRatio and Proportion
  • A25 : 2
  • B1 : 8
  • C5 : 4
  • D8 : 1

Step-by-Step Solution

The ribbon runs from 2 cm to 27 cm, so it is cm. Rope cm. . (25 : 2 mixes cm with m; 5 : 4 wrongly takes 2 m as 20 cm.)
Answer: B) 1 : 8

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