Question

Mari adds 4 spoonfuls of honey to a pitcher of iced tea. Each spoonful holds 5 ml of honey. How many ml of honey does Mari add in all

Answer 1

Maria added 20 ml of honey in the pitcher of iced tea.

Explanation:

We can solve this word problem with the help of arithmetic arrangement.

Number of spoons of honey added by Maria in iced tea = 4

Quantity of honey in 1 spoon = 5 ml

Total amount of honey added by Maria =

Number of spoons of honey added by Maria in iced tea × Quantity of honey in 1 spoon

= 4 × 5 ml

= 20 ml

Thus, Maria added 20 ml of honey in the pitcher of iced tea.

Answer 2

What you can do for this case is to use the following rule of three to solve the problem:
1spoonful ---> 5ml
4spoonful ---> xml
Clearing the value of x we have:
x = (4/1) * (5)
x = 20ml
answer:
Mari adds 20ml of honey in all