Question

Emily has plum trees in her backyard.

Eeach year she uses the fruit to make jelly.
Here are the ingredients for her recepie.
4 pounds of pluma
3 pounds of sugar
1 cup of water
This recepie makes 6 pounds of jelly.

How many pounds of plums will she need to make 24 pounds of jelly?
Show how you figured this out.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Answer 2

16

Explanation:

she needs 4 pounds of pluma to make 6 pounds of jelly.

so 4 pounds of pluma x 4 = exactly 24 pounds of jelly. 4×4=16