Question

A grocery store clerk put only packages of Takis and packages of Flamas on a shelf. The ratio of the number of packages of Flamas to the total number of packages on the shelf was 9 to 16.

Which number could be the number of packages of Takis the clerk put on the shelf?

Answer 1

5 packages of Takis

Explanation:

The total number packages that were placed on the shelf were 16 packages. The total number of packages of Flamas that were placed on the shelf were 9 packages. So to identify the number of packages of Takis the clerk put on the shelf, we simply do

16-9=5