Question

Instructions:Type the correct answer in the box. Use numerals instead of words. If necessary, use / for the fraction bar.

Answer 1

A knitter with 14 skeins of yarn can make 7 scarves

Explanation:
We can use a proportion to solve this

4 skeins of yarn
-----------------------
2 scarves

That is the information we know. What we want to do is find out how many scarves for 14 skeins of yarn, like this

4 14
-- = ---
2 ?

To get from 4 to 14, you multiply by 3.5. We must to the same thing to the bottom as well. So we multiply 2 by 3.5, which gives us 7

x3.5
4 14
-- = ---
2 7
x3.5

Answer 2

The answer is 7. since the ratio of skeins to scarves is 2:1, 14:7