Question

In a toy​ store, the ratio of the number of dolls to the number of teddy bears is . If the store has 240​ dolls, how many teddy bears are in the​ store?

Answer 1

Answer:

So, the way a ratio works is "for every 1 of this, we have 4 of this" for example. (the ratio I just described would be 1:4.)

I believe I've seen this question before. If the ratio of dolls to teddy bears is 9:3 then for every 9 dolls you have 3 teddy bears.

So, since we have 240 dolls and a 9:3 ratio to teddy bears, all we have to do is take how many dolls we have (240) and divide it by 3 to see how many teddy bears we have.

So:

240 ÷ 3  = 80

If your ratio is 9:3, then 80 is your answer.

Hope this helps and have a nice day!