Question

There are 24 pieces of sports equipment at the gym. The ratio of basketballs to tennis balls is 5 : 1 . How many basketballs and tennis balls are at the gym?

Answer 1

20 basket balls and 4 tennis balls

Explanation:

it stays proportional and it equals 24 in total.

I kept multiplying this until the total was 24

5:1

to

10:2

to

15:3

to

20:4

I'm pretty sure this is right so I hope it helps