Question

You mix 1 fourth cup of crisp wheat cereal with 1 1 half cups of crisp rice cereal. Find and interpret the value of the ratio of crisp wheat cereal to crisp rice cereal.

The amount of crisp wheat cereal is _____ the amount of crisp rice cereal

Response:

Answer 1

The value of the ratio of crisp wheat cereal to crisp rice cereal is 1/4 to 1 1/2, which can be simplified to 1/4 to 3/2. This means that for every 4 parts of crisp wheat cereal, there are 3 parts of crisp rice cereal. The amount of crisp wheat cereal is therefore less than the amount of crisp rice cereal. Specifically, the amount of crisp wheat cereal is 1/4 * the amount of crisp rice cereal.

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