Question

On cold days, Leah likes to make hot chocolate. She uses 8 tablespoons of cocoa and 2 tablespoons of sugar. How does the amount of cocoa Leah uses compare to the amount of sugar she uses? Choose a number to complete the statement.

Answer 1

4:1 (Four to One)

Explanation:

Here are the rest of the answers

For every 4 tablespoons of cocoa, Leah uses 1 tablespoon of sugar

Answer 2

See below

Explanation:

In simple comparisons like this, we can find the simplest unit rate.

since we want cocoa compared to sugar used, we can find amount of cocoa used PER tablespoon of sugar.

Basically unit rate of sugar.

We have

8 tbsp Cocoa : 2 tbsp sugar [tbsp = tablespoons]

divide both side by 2, we have

8/2 : 2/2

4 : 1

Thus,

4 tbsp Cocoa : 1 tbsp Sugar

Hence, for every tablespoon of sugar Leah uses, she uses 4 tablespoons of Cocoa to make hot chocolate.