Question

read the story. jacob helped his grandma peel potatoes for the familys dinner. his grandma peeled 4 times as many potatoes as jacob peeled. pick the diagram that models the ratio in the story. grandma 4 blue rectangles jacob 1 yellow rectangle grandma 1 blue rectangle jacob 4 yellow rectangles if jacobs grandma peeled 16 potatoes, how many potatoes did they peel altogether? blank potatoes

Explanation:

Step1: Find Jacob's potatoes

Let Jacob's potatoes = $J$. Grandma's = $4J = 16$. So $J = 16 \div 4 = 4$.

Step2: Calculate total potatoes

Total = Grandma's + Jacob's = $16 + 4 = 20$.

Answer:

20