Question

Write an English equation for the following word problem: "When I cook

rice, I use 2 cups of water for every cup of rice. If I used 7 cups of water,
how much rice did I use?"

Answer 1

3.5 cups of rice.

Explanation:

If you use two cups of water per cup of rice, then dividing the number of water cups used by 2 will give you the number of rice cups used.

7 cups of water / 2 = 3.5 cups of rice.

Answer 2

you would use 3 and a half cups of rice

Explanation:

since its 2 cups of water per cup of rice you would basically do 7 divided by 2 and get 3 and a half