Question

You have 10 cups of olive oil. A batch of your favorite salad dressing requires 1 2/3 cup of olive oil. How many batches can you make? Simplify your answer.

a) 5 1/3 batches

b) 6 batches

c) 6 2/3 batches

d) 7 batches

Answer 1

You can make 6 full batches of salad dressing using 10 cups of olive oil with each batch requiring 1 2/3 cups.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many batches of salad dressing you can make with 10 cups of olive oil, when each batch requires 1 2/3 cups, you would perform the following calculation:

1. Convert the fractional amount of olive oil needed per batch to an improper fraction: 1 2/3 cups is the same as 5/3 cups.
2. Divide the total amount of olive oil by the amount needed per batch: 10 ÷ (5/3) = 10 ÷ 5 × 3 = 6 cups.
3. This means you can make 6 full batches of the salad dressing.

The correct answer choice is therefore (b) 6 batches.