Question

A recipe for pudding call for 2 1\2 of milk. the recipe make 5 servings . how many cups of milk are needed to make 8 servings

Answer 1

I think the amount of cups needed are 16.8 because if you set up the problem (but simplify the fraction into a decimal first) you set it up as 10.5/5=x/8 then you cross multiply 10.5*8(times) and get 84, last you divide by 8 and you get 16.8. I don't know what that is as a mixed number but I'm sure you can figure it out.

Answer 2

8 servings* (2 1/2 cups of milk/ 5 servings)= 4 cups of milk.

The final answer is 4 cups of milk.

Hope this helps~