Question

Marcia is mixing lemonade. She use 3 parts water to 1 part syrup. If she has 9 parts water, how much syrup will she need to complete the mixture?

Answer 1

if Marcia uses 9 parts water, that mean she will have to use 3 parts syrup

Explanation:

this is ratios,

so to find out how many syrup she needs, you need to see how much she used water from the original recipe

so:

9 ÷ 3 = 3

so she multiplied three to get to nine, so we have to do the same to the syrup

_ ÷ 1 = 3

or:

3 × 1 = 3

so the answer is 3