Question

Each marble bag sold by bill marble company contains 8 purple marbles for every 5 yellow marbles. If a bag has 64 purple marbles how many yellow marbles does it contain

Answer 1

40 yellow marbles

Explanation:

1. Divide 64 by 8 (Determine how many sets there are)

64/8 = 8

2. Multiply 8 by 5 (Because for every 8 purple marbles there are 5 yellow ones)

8*5 = 40