In a recipe, flour to milk ratio is 3 to 4. Which representation is correct?

• A. 4:3
• B. 3:5
• C. 2:3
• D. 3:4

Answer: (D)

A ratio shows how many parts of one quantity compare to parts of another, and the order matters. Since the recipe says flour to milk is 3 to 4, you keep the same order when writing it with a colon: 3:4. This means for every 3 parts flour there are 4 parts milk. It’s not 4:3 because that would swap the amounts, and it’s not 3:5 or 2:3 because those don’t reflect the given relationship. If you doubled the recipe, you’d have 6 parts flour and 8 parts milk, which still keeps the 3:4 relationship.