Question

Jon's scout troop went fishing yesterday. The scouts caught 2 bluegills for every 5 sunfish. Pick the diagram that models the ratio in the story. If the scouts caught 25 sunfish, how many bluegills did they catch?

Answer 1

The scouts caught 10 bluegills when they caught 25 sunfish.

Explanation:

The story provides a ratio of 2 bluegills for every 5 sunfish: 2:5 (bluegills:sunfish).

To find how many bluegills they caught when they caught 25 sunfish, set up a proportion:

2 (bluegills) / 5 (sunfish) = X (unknown number of bluegills) / 25 (number of sunfish caught)

Cross-multiply to solve for X:

2 * 25 = 5 * X

50 = 5X

Divide both sides by 5 to find the value of X:

X = 50 / 5

X = 10

So, the scouts caught 10 bluegills when they caught 25 sunfish.