Question

Three ice skating rinks were open at the same time on Saturday. Sparkle Skate had

half as many people come skating on Saturday as Southern Skate Scenic Skate
hac4 times as many people come skating on Saturday as Sparkle Skate IF 728
total people went skating on Saturday, how many people went skating at each rink?

Answer 1

• Sparkle: 104
• Southern: 208
• Scenic: 416

Explanation:

The ratios of people at each rink were ...

Sparkle : Southern : Scenic = 1 : 2 : 4

The total number of ratio units is 1+2+4 = 7, so each one must stand for 728/7 = 104 skaters. Then the ratios of the numbers of skaters were ...

Sparkle : Southern : Scenic = 104 : 208 : 416 . . . multiply ratio units by 104

People skating were ...

• Sparkle: 104
• Southern: 208
• Scenic: 416