Question

Maggie is making trail mix. She makes 4 batches of the recipe shown. She divides it into 3 equal-sized bags. How many ounces are in each bag? ​

Answer 1

There are several steps to this problem, but they are easy steps . First, determine how many ounces are in one recipe by adding all the ounces of the ingredients together: 8 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 18.

Now multiply that amount by 4, because she made 4 batches:

18 x 4 = 72

Finally, divide the total amount by 3, because she put it in three bags. 72/3 = 24