Question

The local day care facility has a ratio of 1 adult for every 6 children. How man adults are working if there are 42 children?

Answer 1

7 adults

Answer 2

1/6 = x/42

Answer 3

\[\frac{1}{6} = \frac{x}{42}\]

Answer 4

x = 7

Answer 5

1 adult = 6 children
2 adults = 12 children
3 adults = 18 children
4 adults = 24 children
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Note how I'm just multiplying the number adults by 6 to find the number of children.

OR

Note how I'm just DIVIDING the number of children by 6 to find the number of adults. :)