Question

In a first aid kit the ratio of large bandages to small is 3 to 2 based on this ratio how many large bandages are in the kit if there are a total of 80 bandages

Answer 1

Try to find how many times can the numbers in ratio be found in the total number of bandages (2+3)
80/5=16
It can be found 16 times.
Now multiply
3*16=48
2*16=32
There are 48 large bandages, and 32 small bandages.