Lindsey took a total of 8 quizzes over the course of 2 weeks. After attending 5 weeks of school this quarter, how many quizzes will Lindsey have taken in total? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
Since the relationship is directly proportional, set up a proportion of quizzes to weeks, where q is the number of quizzes Lindsey will take in 5 weeks:
8/2 = q/5
We type this proportion into our search engine, and we get:
q = 20
Another way to look at this is, Lindsey takes 8 quizzes over 2 weeks. This means she takes 4 per week since 8/2 = 4.
So if she takes 4 quizzes per week, then in 5 weeks, she takes 4*5 = 20 quizzes.
Since the relationship is directly proportional, set up a proportion of quizzes to weeks, where q is the number of quizzes Lindsey will take in 5 weeks:
8/2 = q/5
We type this proportion into our search engine, and we get:
q = 20
Another way to look at this is, Lindsey takes 8 quizzes over 2 weeks. This means she takes 4 per week since 8/2 = 4.
So if she takes 4 quizzes per week, then in 5 weeks, she takes 4*5 = 20 quizzes.