Question

The table shows the number of cups of water required when cooking different amounts of rice.

Amount of
Rice
(cups) Amount of
Water
(cups)
2 5
3 7.5
5 12.5
8 20

Answer 1

For every 1 cup of rice, 2.5 cups of water are required.

Explanation:

We can solve this by examining the table closely. We see that the difference of water cups required for 2 and 3 rice cups is 2.5. This stays true for 5 cups of rice. where the difference from the required water for 3 cups of rice is 5.