Question

There are a total of 36 toy cars and toy trucks on a shelf. The ratio of the number of toy cars to the number of toy trucks is 4:5 . How many toy cars are on the shelf? a. 4 b. 16 c. 20 d. 27

Answer 1

Explanation:

Here is one way to solve this problem

cars are 4 out of (4+5=9) or 4/9ths of the total number

4/9 * 36 = 16 cars