Question

In an art room there are three easels for every five children. If there are 25 children, how many easels are there? Use a tape diagram to solve.

Answer 1

if there are 25 children in the room, there should be 15 easels.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question requires us to determine how many easels are in an art room if there are three easels for every five children, and there are 25 children. To solve this, we can set up a tape diagram to visualize the ratio of children to easels. If three easels are to five children, then to find the number of easels for 25 children, we multiply both numbers in this ratio by the same number until the second number matches the number of children in the room. In this case, since 5 multiplied by 5 equals 25, we will do the same with the number of easels:

• 3 easels x 5 = 15 easels

Thus, if there are 25 children in the room, there should be 15 easels.