Question

Snap, Crackle and Pop are making Rice Krispies Treats together for the school bake sale. For one tray of Rice Krispies Treats, they need 8/4 cups of butter and cups of mini chocolate chips. The table below shows how much of each ingredient Snap, Crackle, and Pop brought. Assuming they have enough of the other ingredients needed to make the recipe, how many whole trays can they make?

Answer 1

Snap, Crackle, and Pop can make 1 tray of Rice Krispies Treats.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many whole trays they can make, we need to compare the amount of butter and mini chocolate chips they have with the amount needed for one tray. Snap, Crackle, and Pop have 2 cups of butter altogether, and they need 8/4 (which is equal to 2) cups for one tray. This means they have enough butter for only 1 tray. Similarly, they have 16/4 (which is equal to 4) cups of mini chocolate chips, and they need 8/4 (which is equal to 2) cups for one tray. This means they have enough mini chocolate chips for 2 trays. Since they have enough of the other ingredients, they can make the maximum number of whole trays using the ingredient they have the least of, which is butter. Therefore, they can make 1 tray of Rice Krispies Treats.