Question

A sporting goods store sold 2.5 times as many footballs as basketballs last year. Which statement is true?

1.The ratio of footballs to basketballs is 2:5
2.If a total of 35 footballs and basketballs were sold, 10 of them were footballs.
3.There were 5 footballs sold for every 2 basketballs.
4.The ratio of basketballs to footballs is 5:2.

Answer 1

Statement 3 is true because 2 basketballs times 2.5 is 5, making 5 footballs. The statement 1 and 4 are inncorrect because the ratio of footballs to basketballs is 2.5:1. It is not statement 2 because there is less footballs (10) than basketballs (25) which wouldn't make sense since the ratio has the store selling more footballs than basketballs