Question

1.) The ratio of the number of men to the number of women in a concert is 3 : 5. If there are 4800 people at the concert, how many are men? How many are women?

2.) Alice can type 65 words in 1 min. How many minutes would it take her to type an essay 2275 words long?


3.) Mrs. Ong divided her property worth P 3, 480, 000 between her two children in the ratio of 3 : 5. How much was the bigger share?


4.) In 2 minutes , Mario can run 1800 m. How far can he run in 6 min?



5.) Cielo gets 2 hits out of every 3 times at bat. If she got 16 hits, how many times was it at bat?

6.) Three friends shared in the capital of putting up a computer business in the ratio of 4 : 5 : 6. If the total amount of capital is P450 000, how much was the smallest share?

Answer 1

1.) men: 1800, women: 3000

2.)2275/65 = 35 mins

3.)P 2,175,000

4.) 5400 in 6 mins

5.) Probably 5?

6.) P 120 000

Explanation:

Answer 2

1)soln
Let ratios be 3x and 5x respectively

Now,
3x+5x=4800
X=600
Then
No of men=3x=1800
No of women=5x=3000

2)soln
2275/65=35min

3)soln
3x+5x=480000
X=60000
3x=180000
5x=300000

4)soln
In 1 min mario can run 900m so
In 6 min mario can run 6*900=5400m