Question

A school cafeteria made sandwiches for a class going on a field trip it make 8 peanut butter and jelly 12 turkey 6 cheese write a ratio to describe some of the sandwiches for the field trip explain why your answer is a ratio.

Answer 1

3 × 3 × 4 × 2 = 72

Explanation:

Let's look at the 3 sandwiches and 3 soups first and then expand the calculation.

The same works for more categories of choices, and so we multiply the 3 sandwiches, the 3 soups, 4 salads, and 2 drinks to get:

3 × 3 × 4 × 2 = 72