what is seven-eighths of sixty in a whole number

tje ratio of ice cream flavors is 7 vanillas to 8 chocolate.  on sunday, 60 cones were sold.  how many were vanilla?
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If we have 7+8=15 cones, then 7 are vanilla and 8 are chocolate. The ratio is vanilla:chocolate=7:8. Or we could say 7/15 of the cones are vanilla flavoured and 8/15 are chocolate flavoured.

If we have 60 cones (4 times 15), then 28 (4 times 7) are vanilla.

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