Question

aiden and caden share a reward of $42 in a ratio of 1:5.  What fraction of the total reward does Caden get?

Answer 1

aiden and caden share a reward of $42 in a ratio of 1:5.  What fraction of the total reward does Caden get?

If they share in the ratio of 1:5 that is a ratio of 1 part to 5 parts.

i.e. there are 6 parts in total.

1 part going to aiden and 5 parts going to caden

1/6 of 42 is 7, so 5/6 of 42 is 35

$7 goes to aeden and $35 goes to caden