Question

Luna ray has 1 orange pick for every 2 green picks.How many green picks does Luna have if she has 12 total picks?

Answer 1

Answer:

8 green picks

Step-by-step explanation:

Since this problem is a ratio that also gives a total, setting up equivalent ratios in a table with the total would be a good way to find the answer.  Since there is 1 orange pick for every 2 green picks and there are a total of 12 picks, we can set up the following:

Orange 1 2 3 4 5

Green 2 4 6 8 10

Total 3 6 9 12 15

You can see from the table, that when there are 12 total picks, 4 of them are orange and 8 of them are green.