Question

A jar has sweets which are either yellow or pink. For every five yellow sweets, there are six pink ones. There are 20 yellow sweets in the jar

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

There are 5 yellow candies for every 6 candies.

5x4 is 20, and we know there are 20 yellow candys (The 5 in the multiplication problem being the 5 yellow candies for every 6 candies.).

So, then I multiplied 6x4 to get 24. This may not always work but it is a (I believe) a proportional relationship.

Answer 2

24

Explanation:

Here is how you do this

If there is 20 yellow sweets, and for every 5 yellow you have 6 pink you need to divide 20/5 (4)
then you would do 6*4 which would be 24