Question

Megan uses 2/3 cup of almonds to make 4 cups of trail mix. Using the same porportion,how many cups of almonds would Megan need to make 9 cups of trail mix.

Answer 1

okay so let's make this fraction bigger. 2/3 x 2 would equal 4/6 which means megan uses 1/6 per cup of trail mix. so if she wanted to make 9 batches of trail mix she would use 2 1/6 but let's make that into an improper fraction.. aka 13/6 .. we cannot simplify that so megan would need 2 1/6 cups of almonds