Question

Stacy buys a bagel assortment that has 6 oat bagels for every 2 blueberry bagels.

Naomi buys a bagel assortment that has 9 oat bagels for every 5 blueberry bagels.
Each girl bought 10 blueberry bagels.

Use the drop-down menus to explain how to use the ratio tables to find the number of oat bagels that each girl bought.

Answer 1

Stacy bought 30 oat bagels and Naomi bought 18 oat bagels. You set up the proportions of oat bagels to blueberry bagels, find the constant of proportionality, and apply it to the ratio.

Explanation:

Stacy:

O:B

6:2

x:10

30:10

Naomi:

O:B

9:5

x:10

18:10