Question

1. The ratio of koi to goldfish in my pond is 3 : 11. There are 70 fish in my pond. How many koi do I have?

2. My baseball team won 3/5 of its games. If we lost 24 games, how many games did we win?

Answer 1

1. 15

2. 36

Explanation:

3 + 11 = 14 fish in total, 70 ÷ 14 = 5 sets of fish. 3 fish are koi in each set, 3 * 5 = 15 koinin the pond.

2. Youbwould have lost 2/5 of your games. 24 ÷ 2 = 12 sets of games. 3 * 12 = 36