A principal evenly distributes 6 reams of copy paper to 8 fifth-grade teachers How many reams of paper does each fifth-grade teacher receive? b. If there were twice as many reams of paper and half as many teachers, how would the amount each teacher receives change?

a. 0.75 reams

b. The amount of reams received by each teacher would increase by 2.25 reams.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total reams of copy paper = 6

Number of fifth-grade teachers = 8

a. Number of reams collected by each teacher =

                                                    =

                                                    =

                                                    = 0.75 reams

b. Twice as many reams of paper = 2 x 6

                                                        = 12

Half as many teachers = x 8

                                      = 4

Number of reams collected by each teacher =

                                       = 3 reams

The amount of reams received by each teacher would increase by;

                                     3 -

                                       =

                                       =

                                      = 2.25 reams

The amount of reams received by each teacher would increase by 2.25 reams.

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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