Question

What is the ratio of Rs.100 and Rs.10 ? Express your answer in the simplest form.

Answer 1

Hint: At first we are given two quantities and asked to find the ratio of them. So first let's write them in the fractional form $\dfrac{{100}}{{10}}$.

Complete step-by-step answer:
We are given two quantities Rs.100 and Rs.10 and we need to find the ratio of these to quantities
Now lets represent the quantities in the fractional form first
$ \Rightarrow \dfrac{{100}}{{10}}$
Here we can see that the values both 100 and 10 are multiples of 10
We know that 10 * 1 = 10
And we also know that 10 * 10 = 100
Hence we can simplify the fraction as
$ \Rightarrow \dfrac{{10}}{1}$
Writing this in the form of a ratio we get 10 : 1
Hence the simplest form of the ration of Rs.100 to Rs.10 is 10 : 1

Note: The first we need to check when finding the ratio of two quantities is whether they are of the same units.
If one of the quantities is given in rupees and the other is given in paise then we should convert both to rupees or both to paisa .
Many students forget to check this condition before proceeding.
In the above problem 100 : 10 is also correct but as we are asked to express in the simplest form we simplify it and bring it to 10 : 1