The ratio of children to adults at a park is 3:2. If there are 60 people at the park, how many are children?

Question

Use a proportion to solve.

This is Uncommon Schools work.

Answer 1

(3/5)(60) = 36 children

3/(2+3) = 3/5 = .6 = 60% children

60% of 60 = 36 children out of 60

24 adults

24/36 = 6/9 = 2/3 ratio of adults to children