JAMB - Mathematics (2004 - No. 41)

A farmer planted 5000 grains of maize and harvested 5000 cobs, each bearing 500 grains. What is the ratio of the number of grains sowed to the number harvested?
1 : 250 000
1 : 25 000
1 : 500
1 : 5 000

Explanation

5000 : 5000 * 500
5000 : 2500000
5 : 2500
1 : 500

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