Question

If there is 2 onions and 16 tomatos how many onions do you need to go with `40` tomatoes

Answer 1

5 onions

Explanation:

This is a proportion problem. I'll set up a table to help you better understand it.

Examine the table. To get from 2 to 16, we are multiplying by 8. To get from 16 to 40, we are multiplying by 2.5.

So, to find the amount of onions, we must divide 40 by 8 because 16/2 = 8.

40/8 = 5