Question

Ivan and Tanya share £150 in the ratio 4:1 work out how much ivan gets compared to Tanya

Answer 1

in plain and short, we simply split the total amount by the ratios and then do the distributing, so we'll be dividing 150 by 4+1, let's do so,

$\bf \cfrac{Ivan}{Tanya}\qquad 4:1\qquad \cfrac{4}{1}\qquad \cfrac{4\cdot \frac{150}{4+1}}{1\cdot \frac{150}{4+1}}\implies \cfrac{4\cdot 30}{1\cdot 30}\implies \cfrac{120}{30}$

Answer 2

4+1=5

150/5=30

30x4=120

30x1=30

120-30=90

ivan gets £90 more

sorry this was late