Question

Marshall is making hot cocoa for the guests at the ski lodge he works for. The hot cocoa instructions say to mix 3 tablespoons of cocoa mix with 1 cup of warm milk. If Marshall needs to make 2 gallons of hot cocoa, how many tablespoons of hot cocoa mix will he need?

a. 96
b. 64
c. 48
d. 32

Answer 1

Marshall will need 96 tablespoons of hot cocoa mix to make 2 gallons of hot cocoa.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many tablespoons of hot cocoa mix Marshall needs to make 2 gallons of hot cocoa, we need to convert gallons to cups because the cocoa mix instructions are in terms of cups of milk. There are 16 cups in 1 gallon, so in 2 gallons, there will be 2 × 16 = 32 cups. According to the instructions, for every cup of warm milk, 3 tablespoons of cocoa mix are required.

Therefore, for 32 cups we will need:

32 cups × 3 tablespoons per cup = 96 tablespoons of hot cocoa mix.

This means Marshall will need 96 tablespoons of hot cocoa mix to make 2 gallons of hot cocoa.