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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