Ratio
1. if 9 rice cakes were consumed by Fe, Toni, Mary and Ivy, how many rice cakes can be consumed by 12 girls?
2. In making cookies, Joey uses 3 cups of sugar for every 7 cups of flour. If Joey has 9 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour must he use?
The ratio of children to adult in the audition is 5:8 If the number of children is 60, what is the number of adults?
(Explanation is needed)
1. if 9 rice cakes were consumed by Fe, Toni, Mary and Ivy, how many rice cakes can be consumed by 12 girls?
2. In making cookies, Joey uses 3 cups of sugar for every 7 cups of flour. If Joey has 9 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour must he use?
The ratio of children to adult in the audition is 5:8 If the number of children is 60, what is the number of adults?
(Explanation is needed)
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1.)9cakes was consumed by 4 girls
the question is how many cakes can be consumed by 12 girls
12÷4=3
9×3=27
12 girls can consume 27 cakes
so 12:27
2.)3 cups of sugar is used for every 7 cups of flour
if he has 9 cups of sugar how many cups of flour must he use
9÷3=3
7×3=21
9:27
9 cups of sugar 27 cups of flour
the ratio of children to adult is 5:8
if the number of children is 60 how many adults?
60÷5=12
12×8=96
so there for the number of adults is 96