Zoey made 5 1/2 cups of trail mix for a camping tip. She wants to divide the trail mix into 3/4 cup servings.

Question

A)Ten people are going. Can Zoey make enough 3/4 cup servings so that each person on the trip has one serving?

B)What size would the servings need to be for everyone to have a serving?

C)If Zoey decides to use the 3/4 cup servings, how much more trail mix will she need?

Answer 1

Hi Brown,

 

A) So let's do this the easy way.    What is 10 people times 3/4 cup?  Is is more or less than 5 1/2?  

 

B)  If we want all ten people to have a serving, we can set up the following equation:

 

Serving Size <= 5 1/2 cups / 10 people.  Calculate the serving size.

 

C) This is a tiny bit more complicated,

 

Zoey needs 10 times 3/4 cup which is 7 1/2 cups.  How much more is 7 1/2 cups than the 5 1/2 cups she already has?

 

 

I hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Ralph K.