Noah is practicing his vocabulary words. He correctly identifies 3 out of every 5 words from his definitions. During Monday’s quiz, he attempts to identify words from 20 definitions. How many words should he expect to identify correctly?

Answer 1

x = correctly recognized words

3 / 5 = x / 20

Multiply both sides by 20

60 / 5 = x

12 = x

x = 12 words