Question

You mix soda water, fruit punch concentrate, and ginger ale in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 5 to make fruit punch. How many pints of each ingredient should you use to make 32 pints of fruit punch?

Answer 1

So you have the ratio of

1 : 2 : 5

Soda water : fruit punch: ginger ale

You have to make 32 pints of this.

You can add up the ratio.

1 + 2 + 5 = 8

You’d have 8 ingredients in total.

32 pints so 32/8 = 4

Now you have each ingredient *4

1 * 4 = 4
2* 4 = 8

5* 4 = 20

SO 4 soda water, 8 fruit punch, 20 ginger ale.

To check you can add these up again and if they equal 32 then you got it.