Question

At the neighborhood block party, Ted served 3 8 of a gallon of hot chocolate and 2 8 of a gallon of apple cider. How much more hot chocolate than apple cider did Ted serve? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number

Answer 1

3/2 times more than apple cider served

Explanation:

Hot Chocolate = 3 / 8

Apple cider = 2 / 8

How much more hot chocolate than apple cider did Ted serve?

This means to find the ratio of hot chocolate to apple cider

This is given as;

3/8 : 2/8

Multiply all through by 8 to cancel out the denominator;

3 : 2

3/2 : 1

This means that the hot chocolate was more by 1.5

As a fraction; 3/2

Check:

1.5 * 2/8 = 3/8