Question

Bag of skittles containes 3 colors . red, yellow,, and green - in the ratio of 1:2:5 if there were a total of 32 pieces of candy, how many of each color?

Answer 1

With the 3 colors - red=1, yellow=2 and green=5 - adding up to 8, that is one quarter the total of 32.  Multiply each by 4 and you'll have - 4:8:20.