Question

One batch of pink paint uses 2 cups of red paint and 7 cups of white paint. Mai made a large

Amount of pink paint using 14 cups of red paint.

1. How many batches of pink paint did she make?
2. How many cups of white paint did she use?

Answer 1

Mai made 7 batches of pink paint.

Mai used 49 cups of white paint.

Explanation:

Part 1. Every 2 cups of red paint are 1 batch of pink paint. This means to find the number of batches of pink paint Mai made, we need to divide 14/2. 14/2 = 7. This means she made 7 batches of pink paint.

Part 2. For every 2 cups of red paint, there are 7 cups of white paint.

For every 1 cup of red paint, there are 3.5 cups of white paint.

This means that we need to multiply 14 x 3.5.

14 x 3.5 = 49.

This means she used 49 cups of white paint.