Question

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This recipe makes 24 portions of potato soup.
Richard follows the recipe but wants to make 6 portions.
Complete the amounts of each ingredient that he needs.
Recipe: Serves 24
140 mL oil
360 g onions
2.4 kg potatoes
2 L milk

Answer 1

35ml oil

90g onions

0.6kg potatoes

0.5L milk

Explanation:

24 divided by 4 is 6 so divide everything by 4

Answer 2

35mL oil, 90g onions, 600g potatoes, 500mL milk

Explanation:

The recipe makes 24 portions.

Richard wants to make 6 portions.

To start, we have to find the relationship between 24 and 6.

24/6=4

This means that the recipe is 4 times the amount Richard wants to make.

In other words, Richard wants to make 1/4 of the recipe.

We can solve this by dividing each ingredient by 4 or multiplying it by 1/4 to find the amount Richard needs.

Oil: 140/4=35mL

Onions: 360/4=90g

Potatoes: 2.4/4=0.6kg or 600g

Milk: 2/4=0.5L or 500mL