Question

The owner of a snow cone stand used (1)/(4)gallon of syrup o make 16cherry snow cones . She used the same amount of syrup in each snow cone how much syrup in gallons was used in each cherry snow cone

Answer 1

1 /64 gallon.

Explanation:

Number of cherry snow cones made from 1/4 gallons of syrup = 16

If the same amount of syrup is used in each cherry snow cone ;

Amount of syrup used in each cherry snow cone would be :

Gallons of syrup used / number of cherry snow cones made

= 1/4 gallons ÷ 16

= 1/4 * 1/16

= 1 / 64 gallons

For Each cheery snow cone, 1/64 gallon of syrup was used.