Question

Mrs. Ripple was analyzing how much better the Dodgers or than the Giants. She noticed that the Dodgers won five out of every seven games that they played against them. If the Dodgers won 40 games against the Giants how many games were played between the two teams?

Answer 1

The Answer is: 56 games between the two teams.

Explanation:

Set up a ratio on both sides of the equal sign:

5 / 7 = 40 / x

5 * x = 40 * 7

5x = 280

x = 280 / 5 = 56.

Another way to solve it:

5 / 7 multiply by 8/8 to get 40 / 56.