Question

A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Luke scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type he has: 18 peanuts, 8 cashews, 10 almonds, and 9 walnuts.


Armando scoops out a bowl of 30 nuts. About how many should he expect to be peanuts?

A.
4

B.
6

C.
9

D.
12

Answer 1

@paki

Answer 2

@nincompoop

Answer 3

@sammixboo

Answer 4

Okay when he scooped this ..
18 peanuts, 8 cashews, 10 almonds, and 9 walnuts. ..

What was the ratio of peanuts to how many nuts he scooped

Answer 5

18 to 27?

Answer 6

now we know the ratio to expect in any number of nuts *
so
18/(27+18) * 30 = number of peanuts to be expected in 30