Question

corine in making potato salad for each bowl of potato salad she needs 1/4 cup of potatoes how many cups of potatoes will she use if she makes 32 bowls of potato salad ?

Answer 1

8 cups of potatoes are needed

Explanation:

One way of doing this work is to write out

1/4 cup 1 cup

------------- , which is equivalent to ------------ (a unit rate)

1 bowl 4 bowl

and then multiply this unit rate by 32 bowls:

(1/4)(32 bowls) = 8 cups of potatoes are needed