Question

A classroom has 35 glue sticks if the ratio of glue sticks to glue bottles what is 5:2 how many glue bottles did the classroom have

Answer 1

14 glue bottles.
5:2= 35:14
2x7=14
5x7=35

Answer 2

For this use proportions.
$\frac{5}{2} = \frac{35}{x}$
Cross multiply
$5x = 70$
Divide by 5
$x = 14$