The ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 1/3. there are 24 marbles in all. how many red marbles and how many blue marbles are there?

24/3 equals 8. S 1/3 of 24 is 8. So 8 Red and 16 Blue

If the ratio is 1 divided by 3, Then you need to make a fraction of marbles equal to 1/3. If there are 24 marbles in all, divide this by 4, which equals 6. For every 1 red marble there is 3 blue marbles, which means that if there is 6 red marbles, multiply 6x3 = 18. So there are 6 red marbles and 18 blue marbles. 6/18 is the same as 1/3, so the ratio is correct.

128/3reason being 5 and 1/3 = 16/316/3 • 2/3 = 32/31 and 1/3 = 4/3 32/3 • 4/3 this will equal 128/3