NOTICE THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES

1. Notice there are two categories: home team wins

×60

= 120

578

=

1,20

and total games played. Place one category over

13

the other in writing.

o

H O T T I P

HmewinsTs

or

HtalgaAfter you cross multiply and wind up with one fraction,

Note: This step is frequently omitted by test

you can divide a top number and the denominator by thesame factor and thus avoid long computations. In the

takers in order to save time, but the omission of

above example, 13 ÷13= 1 and 78÷13= 6.

this step causes most of the mistakes made on

6

ratio problems. If you reversed the H and T, put-

78

20

13

^×

= 120

1

ting T on top, that is not wrong, as long as you

The problem would then be much simpler: 20 ×6= 120.

make sure to put the total games on top on both

sides of the equation.

Practice