Question

A bag contains 10 red marbles. The ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is 5 to 1. Find the number of blue marbles in the bag.

Answer 1

Answer: there are 2 blue marbles

Explanation:

10 / 2 = 5

If there are 5 to 1 then 5 + 5 = 10

So 1 + 1 = 2

(Sorry if that didn’t make much sense)