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19 August, 14:17

At an aquarium, 6 out of 18 deliveries are plants. The aquarium is making 15 deliveries next week and wants to use a proportion to determine how many of those will be plants.

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  1. 19 August, 14:29
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    I think 5 of the 15 deliveries are plants.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    I divided 6 by 18 to get 3.4 (I rounded up), which translates to 34%. 34% of 15 is 5.1, I rounded to get 5.

    I checked my work by getting 34% of 18, which is 6.12 and would round to 6.
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