Question

To make popcorn, a movie theater uses 9 tablespoons of oil for each cup of popcorn kernels

Using this information, complete the table for the missing amounts of oil and popcom kemels.
Tablespoons of Oil
Cups of Popcom Kemels
18
4
9
Claim (What are you doing?) Show Evidence (How did )
Reasoning (Why)
work

Answer 1

18:2

36:4

81:9

Explanation:

(WHAT ARE YOU DOING?) You are adding 1 cup per 9 tablespoons of oil

(EVIDENCE) You looked at the multiples of 9 and added 1 cup of kernels per multiple until you got to 9 cups.

(REASONING) It it the most simple way to get the answer.