If 4250 pesos cost 2050 dollars, how many pesos cost $25

Question

If 4250 pesos cost $250 how many pesos cost $25

Answer 1

This question tests your knowledge of ratios.

For every 4250 pesos, you get $250 dollars.

The question asks how many pesos for $25 dollars, which is a 10th of $250 dollars, so you would take a 10th of 4250, which equals $425 dollars.

Another way to do this would be to set up a proportion and solve for x (the unknown pesos):

4250 / 250 = x / 25

The goal here is to isolate x.

You can see on the right side of the equation, x is being divided by 25, so you can multiply both sides by 25 to isolate x. This would give you (4250 / 250) * 25 = x

Solve for x and you get 425.

Voila!