Question

Alex and Thomas share 52 sweets. They divide them in the ratio 7:6. How many sweets does

Thomas have?

Answer 1

Explanation:

you first add the ratios 6+7= 13 then you divide the number of sweets by the total number of the ratio 52÷13=4 then you multiply the first ratio by the 4 you found 7×4=28 for Alex then by the second ratio 6×4=24

Answer 2

24

Explanation:

`52 * (6 / (6 + 7)) = 4 * 6 = 24`