Question

Richard and Stephen win some money and share it in the ratio 6:1. Richard gets £60 more than Stephen. How much did they get altogether?

Answer 1

They got £84 altogether.

Explanation:

We can see that Richard get's 6 parts and Stephen gets 1 part. We can subtract these two to get 5 parts. We know that five parts equals £60, so we can divide by 5 to get 1 part equals £12. We are looking for the amount they got altogether, which is equal to 7 parts, 6 parts + 1 part. We multiply £12 by 7, leaving us with £84, which is our answer.