Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple were folding report cards to send home to parents. The

ratio of report cards Ms. Johnson folded to the number of report cards Ms. Siple folded

is 2:3. At the end of the day, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple folded a total of 300 report

cards. How many did each person fold?

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Samir Petty

Mathematics

7 August, 13:54

Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple were folding report cards to send home to parents. The

ratio of report cards Ms. Johnson folded to the number of report cards Ms. Siple folded

is 2:3. At the end of the day, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple folded a total of 300 report

cards. How many did each person fold?

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Cervantes · Answer 1

300 total / 5 cards at a time

=60 times they folded in the ratio

Ms. Johnson folds 2 cards at a time, if she folded 60 times, she folded 120 cards total.

Ms. Siple folds 3 cards at a time, if she folds 60 times, she folded 180 cards total.

Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple were folding report cards to send home to parents. Theratio of report cards Ms. Johnson folded to the number of report cards Ms. Siple foldedis 2:3. At the end of the day, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple folded a total of 300 reportcards. How many did each person fold?

Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple were folding report cards to send home to parents. The

ratio of report cards Ms. Johnson folded to the number of report cards Ms. Siple folded

is 2:3. At the end of the day, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Siple folded a total of 300 report

cards. How many did each person fold?