Question

The cookie recipe called for oatmeal and raisins in the ratio of 3 to 1. If 4 cups of oatmeal were called for, how many cups of raisins were needed?

Answer 1

1.33 or about 2

Explanation:

Answer 2

12 cups of raisins

Explanation:

If our ratio is 3 to 1 or for every one cup of oatmeal we have 3 cups of raisins, we want our new ratio to be equal to that ratio!

Our new ratio is ? to 4, we know that for every one cup of oatmeal we have 3 cups of raisins then...

We have to multiple 3×4 to find our ?

3×4 = 12

So, we know that for every 4 cups of oatmeal we will have 3 cups of raisins!

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