Question

Richard and Stephen win some money and share it in the ratio 1:3. Richard gets £14. How much did Stephen get?
Pip, Angad and Nick share some sweets in the ratio 2:4:5. Pip gets 18 sweets. How many did Nick get?

Answer 1

Stephen gets £42

Step-by-step explanation:

let Stephen's money be x.

*. 1/3=14/x

cross multiply

1xx=3x14

1x=42

x=42-1

x=42

hence Stephen gets £42.

ii)

Answer:45 sweets

Step-by-step explanation:

Angad gets twice the amount as Pip, so he gets 36 sweets. Nick gets 5/4 the amount as Angad so, he gets:

5/4×36=45

Nick gets 45 sweets.

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