Question

Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Maas were folding report cards to send home to parents. The ratio of the number of report cards Mrs. Thomas folded to the number of report cards Mrs. Maas folded is :. At the end of the day, Mrs. Maas folded a total of 273 report cards. How many did Mrs. Thomas fold?

Answer 1

Answer: 182 report cards

Explanation:

The ratio of the number of report cards Mrs. Thomas folded to the number of report cards Mrs. Maas folded is 2:3.

Mrs. Maas folded 273 report cards so the number of report cards folded by Mrs. Johnson can be found using direct proportion. Assume Mrs. Johnson folded x report cards:

2 : 3

x : 273

Cross multiply to get:

3x = 546

x = 546 / 3

x = 182 report cards