Jon and Ric bought boxes of soap John could only buy 4 boxes which was 1/5 as much as Ric could buy How many boxes could Rick buy?
Ric could buy 5 times as many.
What is 5 times 4?
20
To find out how many boxes Ric could buy, we first need to determine the relationship between the number of boxes John bought and the number of boxes Ric bought.
The question states that John could only buy 4 boxes, which is 1/5 of what Ric could buy. This means that John's number of boxes is equal to 1/5 of Ric's number of boxes.
To find the number of boxes Ric could buy, we can set up a simple equation:
John's boxes = 1/5 * Ric's boxes
Substituting the given information, we get:
4 = (1/5) * Ric's boxes
To isolate Ric's boxes, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 5:
5 * 4 = Ric's boxes
Simplifying the equation, we find:
20 = Ric's boxes
Therefore, Ric could buy 20 boxes.