Question

Monique NEEDS EXACTLY 4 PLATES ON EACH TABLE FOR THE BANQUET. if she has 312 plates,HOW MANY TABLES is she able to prepare ?

Answer 1

Since Monique needs 4 plates for each table we can express the ratio of tables to plates like this:

$\frac{1\text{ table}}{4\text{ plates}}$

In order to get the number of tables that she is able to prepare we just have to multiply this ratio by the number of plates she has, like this:

$312\times\frac{1}{4}=\frac{312}{4}=78$

Then, Monique can prepare 78 tables