Question

At her restaurant, Violet opened 285 cans of tomato sauce. She needs to use 4 cans of sauce for one pan of lasagna. How many pans of lasagna could Violet make if she uses all of the cans? Write the answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

71 1/4 pans of lasagna

Explanation:

From the above question:.

4 cans of tomato sauce = 1 pan of lasagna

285 cans of tomato sauce = x

Cross Multiply

4x = 285 × 1

x = 285/4

x = 71 1/4 pans of lasagna

Violet could make 71 1/4 pans of lasagna