Question

Read the story.

Barry is on the school tennis team. At practice yesterday, he did 3 forehand strokes for every 2
backhand strokes.
Pick the diagram that models the ratio in the story.
forehand
backhand
forehand
backhand
Barry did 50 strokes when he practiced yesterday, and all were either forehand or back
backhand strokes did he do?

Answer 1

30 forehand strokes and 20 backhand strokes

Explanation:

3 + 2 = 5

50 ÷ 5 = 10

[this means he did a set of 3 forehand and 2 backhand strokes]

2 × 10 = 20 [backhand]

3 × 10 = 30 [forehand]