Maths Revision Club » secondary selection maths http://primemaths.co.uk/blog Online Homework Help: Exam Prep Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:47:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sharing Worked Example 1 http://primemaths.co.uk/blog/2008/04/sharing-worked-example-1/ http://primemaths.co.uk/blog/2008/04/sharing-worked-example-1/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:41:24 +0000 Ubertutor http://www.primemaths.com/2008/04/05/sharing-worked-example-1/ Seray has 4 sweets for every 1 sweet that Katie has. If Seray has 12 sweets, how many sweets does Katie have?

Answer:

The ratio of Seray to katies sweets is 4: 1. Write down pairs of numbers in this ratio (see the table)

Seray Katie
4 1
8 2
12 3
16 4

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