Question

Ms. Johnson and Ms. Simp were folding report cards to send home to parents. The ratio of the number of report cards Ms. Johnson folded to the number of report cards Ms. Siple folded is :. At the end of the day, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple folded a total of 300 report cards. How many did each person fold?

Answer 1

• 120 and 180

Explanation:

The ratio is 2:3 (got from another source)

• a:b= 2:3
• a= 2x, b= 3x

Total is 300, then:

• 2x + 3x = 300
• 5x = 300
• x = 60

Cards folded:

• a = 2*60 = 120
• b = 3*60 = 180

They folded 120 and 180 cards respectively