Question

The ratio of students who walk home from school to the students who ride the bus home is 2 : 7. The number of bus riders is how many times the number of students who walk home?

Answer 1

3.5

Explanation:

7/2=3.5

Answer 2

3.5

Explanation:

Ratio of

those who walk : those who ride = 2 : 7

This means that for every 2 students who walk, there are 7 students who ride

Therefore, for every 1 student that walks, (hypothetically) there are 3.5 (7/2) students who ride

Then the number of bus riders is 3.5 times the number of students that walk.