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Share 56 beads between finn and grace in the ratio 10:4

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Answer:

Finn gets 40 beads

Grace gets 16.

10:4 means for every 10 to one side, there is 4 to the other. So we can add 10+4, to get 14, and divide the number being shared, by 14. 56/14 is 4, so then we can multiply both pieces of the ratio by 4 to get each portion.

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