Mr Kim mix cement and sand to make a mixture.He uses 2 pails of cement for every 5 pails of sand.

Question

(A) Find the ratio of the number of pails of cement to the number of pails of sand.
(B) If he uses 24 pails of cement,how many pails of sand does he use?
(C) If he uses 35 pails of sand,how many pails of cement does he use?

Answer 1

(A) 2/5

(B) 2/5 = 24/60

(C) 2/5= what/35

multiply 2/5 by 7/7

and get 14/35
so
14