Question

5. A farm has 5 horses and 30 cows. The farm gets more horses. Now, the ratio is the

number of horses to the number of cows is 5:6
The original ratio of the number of horses to the number of cows is
After the farm gets more horses, the farm has a total of
Explain how you found the new total number of horses and cows
horses and cows

Answer 1

original ratio of horses to cows:

5 horses to 30 cows = 5 : 30 = 1:6

After the farm gets more horses (without changing the number of cows), the farm has a ratio of 5:6, which must mean that the original number of horses is 5 times the original.

Therefore, there will be 5*5 = 25 horses and 30 cows after the new cows are added