Question

Three friends shared a bag of almonds in the ratio 8:4:3. If the smallest share is 12, find the total number of almonds.

Answer 1

60

Explanation:

Basically you divide 12 by three to figure out how many almonds in 1. So you divide get 4 and you know its 4 per section. You then multiply each number by 4 and add them up getting 60.