Question

The table shows the ratio of adults to children needed for two activities.

adults : children
Painting 1:9
Rafting 1:3
a)
There are 5 adults to supervise painting.
What is the greatest number of children that can paint?
b)
24 children want to go rafting.
What is the smallest number of adults needed?

Answer 1

We can see that A) 45 and that B) 8 because the ratio is 1:3 meaning that we need 8 adults to take car of groups of 3

Answer 2

a:45

b:8

might be wrong. hope it helps