Question

Use the following image to complete the sentences describing the ratio of windows to penguins. ( I wasn't able to get the image to load, but basically, there were 3 penguins and 18 windows.

There are ___ windows for every 3 penguins.

There are ___ windows for every 1 penguin.

Answer 1

there are 18 windows for every penguin

there are 6 windows for every 1 penguin.

Explanation:

1. you cont the widows (18)

2. (*2)=6

Answer 2

There are _18_ windows for every 3 penguins.

There are _6_ windows for every 1 penguin.

Explanation:

Since its is already given that 3 penguins = 18 windows, the first blank is 18

To get number of windows for 1 penguin, we divide 18 by 3, so:

`(18)/(3)=6`

Hence, second blank is 6 windows for every 1 penguin.