Question

The table shows the amount of 3 ingredients needed to make a punch recipe. Chandra needs to make 3 gallons of punch. How many cups of frozen strawberries are needed? Since there are 16 cups in a gallon, 3 gallons of punch is equivalent to _______ cups of punch.

Answer 1

Answer: -3 gallons is 48 cups

-8 cups of frozen strawberries

explanation: Given a recipe for 6 cups of punch that is comprised of 3 C orange juice, 2 C pineapple juice, and 1 C frozen strawberries, you want to know (a) the number of cups in 3 gallons, and (b) the number of cups of frozen strawberries to make 3 gallons of punch. A gallon is 16 cups. Three gallons is 3×(16 cups) = 48 cups. In the recipe for 3+2+1 = 6 cups of punch, there is 1 cup of strawberries. That is 1/6 of the volume of punch is strawberries. The number of cups of strawberries needed for 48 cups of punch is (1/6)×(48 cups) = 8 cups. 8 cups of frozen strawberries are needed.

Answer 2

• 3 gallons is 48 cups
• 8 cups of frozen strawberries

Explanation:

Given a recipe for 6 cups of punch that is comprised of 3 C orange juice, 2 C pineapple juice, and 1 C frozen strawberries, you want to know (a) the number of cups in 3 gallons, and (b) the number of cups of frozen strawberries to make 3 gallons of punch.

Gallons

A gallon is 16 cups. Three gallons is 3×(16 cups) = 48 cups.

Strawberries

In the recipe for 3+2+1 = 6 cups of punch, there is 1 cup of strawberries. That is 1/6 of the volume of punch is strawberries.

The number of cups of strawberries needed for 48 cups of punch is ...

(1/6)×(48 cups) = 8 cups

8 cups of frozen strawberries are needed.

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