Alibrary checked out 52 books. 24 are fiction books what is the ratio for fiction to non fiction books. show how it is done.

Since there are 24 fiction books and 52 books in total, you can start with subtracting them both to find the amount of non-fiction books. 52-24=28, so 28 non-fiction books are currently checked out. Now for the fun part. There are two ways I know how to do this, so let's start. One way is that you can put a ':' between the two numbers. For example, since we are trying to find fiction books to non-fiction, we would say 24:28. The first number will represent the first thing they ask for (fiction), and the second number will represent the second thing they ask for (non-fiction). Another way to do this is by putting the numbers as a fraction. For example, you could put 24/28. It will still mean the same thing, and it will not change the outcome. I hope this helps! :)