A Philips's answer to Opportunity's Primary 5 Maths Rate & Ratio Singapore question.

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A Philips
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Hope this helps
Opportunity
Opportunity
3 years ago
Thank u. Yes it help em in time. I hope my girl can understand
Opportunity
Opportunity
3 years ago
But may I ask. Why we get 3u x 3 and 5ux 3 and why total is 15
J
J
3 years ago
Because, the number of boys is unchanged.

So we need to make the units the same for both ratios for the boys.


Common factor of 2 and 3 is 6
(2 x 3 = 6, 3 x 2 = 6)


So the top ratio multiply by 3 and the bottom ratio multiply by 2.


Now the units are all the same size and therefore comparable
A Philips
A Philips
3 years ago
The boys remained unchanged, therefore I made their units the same for before and after as well
A Philips
A Philips
3 years ago
And when you multiply the boys, you have multiply the rest accordingly too