Question

You can buy six cans of soda for $2.50. how many cans of soda can you get for $10

Answer 1

So you can get 24 soda cans for $10

Gathering the data

1) 6 soda cans ------- $ 2.50

$10

2) We can solve this by setting a simple proportion.

6 soda cans ------- $ 2.50

x $10

2.5x = 60 Divide by 2.5 on both sides

x=24

3) So you can get 24 soda cans for $10