Question

Yolanda has a 1/6 -cup ladle that she uses to pour gravy over potatoes. She uses one full ladle for each serving of potatoes. Yolanda has 6 cups of gravy. How many servings of potatoes can she make?

Answer 1

Answer: For 6 cups of gravy, Yolanda will have 36 servings of potatoes

Explanation:

Step 1

Since Yolanda has a 1/6-cup of ladle for one full serving

Then for every serving the 1/6- cup ladle is used and can be expressed as

1 serving =1/6-cup of ladle

Step 2--- Solving

Serving of potatoes for 1 cup is

1 serving =1/6 cup of ladle

?? servings=1 cup of ladle ( cross multiply)

= 1 x 6/1 = 6 servings

Therefore 6 cups of gravy = 6 servings x 6 = 36 servings of potatoes