proportional problem

Question

At lunch there was a choice of pizza or hot dog. Three times as many students chose pizza as chose hot dogs? Altogether, 160 students got lunch. How many students got pizza and how many got a hot dog?Draw a strip diagram to help you solve this problem. explain your reasoning 

Answer 1

Hy Lucky,

 

40 students got hot dogs and 120 students got pizza.

Good luck with the rest of your problems.

 

 

regards,

 

mayuran

Answer 2

d represents dog eaters

3d represents pizza eaters

d + 3d = 160

 

Can you solve for d and answer?