Question

You are making a salad. The ratio of olives to croutons is 5 : 3. You put 12 croutons in your salad. How many olives do you put in your salad?

Answer 1

20

Explanation:

Ratio of olives : croutons is 5 : 3.

If you put 12 croutons, you put 4 times the amount of croutons in the ratio since 12/3 = 4.

That means you must also put 4 times the number of olives.

4 * 5 = 20

Answer: 20

Answer 2

20

Explanation:

12/3 (the number of croutons) = 4

Since 4 is your base number, you would multiply 4 x 5.

20 olives