Question

The ratio of the number of students on the tennis team to the number of students on the soccer team is 1:4. The ratio of the number of students on the soccer team to the number of students on the football team is 1:2. There are 5 students on the tennis team. How many students are on the football team?

Answer 1

40 Football Team Members

Explanation:

To find how many players are in the football team, we first need to list out our given variables.

There are:

Tennis Team 1:4 Soccer Team

Soccer Team 1:2 Football Team

So for every tennis team member, there are 4 soccer team members.

There are 5 tennis team members.

So there are:

5 x 4 = 20 Soccer Team Members.

Now that we know how many soccer team members there are, we can find the number of members in the football team.

There are 20 Soccer team members.

So there are:

20 x 2 = 40 Football Team Members.