On my math hw the question is about ratio tables and the question is: you baked 42 choclate cupcakes and 28 red velvet cupcakes. you package them in boxes that have the same ratio of choclate to red velvet as the total cupcakes. how many red velvet cupcakes are in a box that has 24 choclate cupcakes?

1/5

Step-by-step explanation:

When changing a decimal to a fraction, think of the decimal "out of 1." In mathematical terms, "out of" generally means division.

For example on this question, think of 0.2 as 0.2 out of 1, which would be shown as 0.2/1

To more easily simplify this, multiply both the top and bottom by 10

0.2/1 x 10/10

You are able to do this because 10/10 is equal to 1 and multiplying by a number and  1  results in the same number.

Then you get  2 /10 . Both  2  and  10  are divisible by  2

2 /2  = 1 and  10 /2  = 5

So the final answer is 1/5