Question

At a bake sale there were 72 raisin cookies sold. If the ratio of raisin cookies sold to oatmeal cookies sold was 9 : 1, what is the combined amount of raisin and oatmeal cookies sold?

Answer 1

80

Explanation:

72/9 is 8

9x8 is 72

so 1x8 is 8

72 plus 8 is 80