Question

It takes 12 apples to make 2 cups of apple sauce. If 72 apples are used, what is the greatest number of cups of apple sauce that can be made? A. 16 B. 20 C. 8 D. 12

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

If 12 apples makes 2 cups, we can assume that 6 apples make 1 cup.

Take the number of apples and divide it by 6 in order to find out the number of cups that can be made.