Question

Mark and Dennis help their grandfather make root beer. They need 4 pounds of sassafras to make one barrel of root beer, but they only have 1 pound.

How much root beer can they make?

Answer 1

1/4 barrel of root beer

Explanation:

4 pounds of sassafras = 1 barrel of root beer

algebraically, this is 4s = 1r

divide both sides by 4

1s = 1/4r

so 1 pound of sassafra can make 1/4 barrel of root beer

Answer 2

1/4

Explanation: