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Arithmetic reasoning · Difficulty 2

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Choose your answer before opening the explanation. This original practice item is for preparation and does not reproduce an official test question.

Question

Red and blue markers are in a 3:5 ratio. If there are 64 markers total, how many are red?

  1. 16
  2. 24
  3. 32
  4. 40
Reveal answer and explanation

24

There are 8 ratio parts. Each part is 64 ÷ 8 = 8, so red markers total 3 × 8 = 24.