The ratio of men to women working for a company is 5 to  8 . If there are 364 employees total, how many men work for the company?

5 'parts' of the total company staff are men, and 8 'parts' are women.That's 13 'parts' all together, comprising 364 people.So each 'part' is 364/13 = 28 people.Men = 5 'parts' = 5 x 28 = 140 menWomen = 8 'parts' = 8 x 28 = 224 womenCheck:140/224 = 70/112 = 35/56 = 5/8140 + 224 = 364yay !