Question

A local Bakery makes pies and cakes. The ratio of cakes sold to pies sold is 5:3. If they sell a total of 40 pies and cakes, how many of each did they sell?

Answer 1

25:15

Explanation:

5:3

For every five cakes sole there are 3 pies sold.

40 - 5 = 35

35 - 3 = 32

5:3

32 - 5 = 27

27 - 3 = 24

10:6

24 - 5 = 19

19 - 3 = 17

15: 9

17 - 5 = 12

12 - 3 = 19

20 : 12

19 - 5 = 14

14 - 3 = 11

25 : 15

25 + 15 = 40