Question

You're having a party, and what party is complete without cupcakes? You decide that you're going to

make your own. You've invited some friends to the party. The recipe for cupcakes calls for 7 cups of
flour and 4 cup of milk. To remember this better, your mom suggests that you use a ratio.
1. What is the ratio of flour to milk? Write it in 3 ways.
2. What is you have more friends come over and your mom gives you 35 cups of flour to make
more cupcakes. How much milk will you need now? Draw a bar diagram to represent and
solve the problem.

Answer 1

Answers are down below!! ;)

Explanation:

1. 7 : 4

7 or 4

7 to 4

2. You will need 20 cups of milk.

ratio = 35:20

explanation: 35/7 = 5 and 4 x 5 =20

Bar diagram: (sorry it looks messy)

cups of flour l____________________________________________

cups of milk l_____________________

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2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38..

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Hope this helps!! ;)