Question

A grocery store clerk put only packages of glazed donuts and packages of chocolate donuts on a shelf. The ratio of the number of packages of chocolate donuts to the total number of packages on the shelf was 5 to 12. Which number could be the number of packages of glazed donuts the clerk put on the shelf?

Answer 1

7 packages of glazed donuts

Explanation:

A grocery store clerk put only packages of glazed donuts and packages of chocolate donuts on a shelf. The ratio of the number of packages of chocolate donuts to the total number of packages on the shelf was 5 to 12.

From the ratio that is given as

The number of packages of chocolate donuts = 5

The total number of packages = 12

The number could be the number of packages of glazed donuts the clerk put on the shelf is calculated as

Total number of packages - Number of chocolate donuts

= 12 - 5

= 7 packages of glazed donuts