There are 7 people in 2 houses. How many people are there in 8 houses?
2. There are 5 people in a car. How many cars are there for 30 people?
3. The ratio of boys to girls is 3:4. If there are 12 boys, how many girls are there?
4. There are 15 different books in every reading book in the library. How many
reading books are there if there are 10 reading books?
5.
Two volunteer doctors can treat Covid-19 patients a day for free. How many
Covid-19 patients can they treat in 4 days?
Answers & Comments
Answer: 1.) 28, 2.) 6, 3.) 16, 4.) 150, 5.) I'm not sure because I think there's a piece of information missing...
Step-by-step explanation:
1.)
7 people:2 houses, x people:8 houses
Since 8 houses divided by 2 houses = 4, we multiply 4 (which is the proportion between the 2 ratios) by 7 to get 28. The final ration would then be 28 people:8 houses (you can check that this is correct by simplifying it to see if it matches the original ratio for example 28 divided by 4 = 7 and 8 divided by 4 is 2, so this should be correct)
2.)
5 people: 1 car, 30 people: x cars
So this is similar to number 1. You find the proportion between the two ratios by dividing 30 people by 5 people to get 6. Then, multiply 6 by 1 to find the number of cards for 30 people which is 6.
3.)
3 boys: 4 girls, 12 boys: x girls
Once again, same method. 12 divided by 3 is 4, and 4 x the 4 girls is 16. So we have 16 girls.
4.) 15 books: 1 reading book, x books: 10 reading books.
10 divided by 1 is 10, multiplied by 15 to get 150.
5.)
I can't form a ratio here because the problem doesn't give how many people the two doctors can treat in one day.