Question

Sofia made a beaded necklace with 2 white beads for every 5 purple beads. In all, she used 30 purple beads. Explain how to figure out the total number of white beads she used.

Answer 1

In order to solve this problem, you must divide 30 beads by 5 beads to get 6 pairs of purple beads. Then multiple 6 by 2 to get 12 white beads.
In ratio form, this can look like 30:12