Elisas mom teaches at a preschool. there is 1 teacher for every 12 students at the preschool. there are 276 students at the preschool. elisa is setting up equivalent ratios to find the number of teachers at the preschool. determine the mistake and correct it. she said 12/1 = blank/276

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9 August, 18:09

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Janelle Case · Answer 1

The mistake is the ratio: blank/276 is incorrect, should be 276/blank.

Or, you could flip the 12/1 into 1/12 and it would also be right.