Question

A restaurant chef made 1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce. Each serving of pasta requires 1/2 of a jar of sauce. How many servings of pasta will the chef be able to prepare using the sauce?

Answer 1

The chef made 1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce, and since each serving requires 1/2 jar, they can prepare 3 servings of pasta.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question relates to the number of servings of pasta that can be prepared from a given amount of pasta sauce. If the restaurant chef made 1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce and each serving of pasta requires 1/2 jar of sauce, we need to determine how many half-jars are contained within 1 1/2 jars.

To calculate this, we can express the total amount of sauce as 1.5 jars (since 1 1/2 is equal to 1.5) and divide it by the amount required per serving, which is 0.5 jars.

Therefore:

• Divide the total amount of sauce by the amount required per serving: 1.5 ÷ 0.5 = 3.
• So, the chef can prepare 3 servings of pasta with the sauce available.

Answer 2

3 Servings of Pasta Sauce will the chef be able to prepare using the sauce.

Step-by-step explanation:

Quantity of Pasta sauce made =
`1(1)/(2) =(3)/(2)`

Quantity of pasta required for one serving =
`(1)/(2)`

Number of servings of Pasta =

Quantity of Pasta made divided by quantity required for one serving

`((3)/(2) )/((1)/(2) )`

= 3/2 x 2/1

= 3 servings