Question

preston puts 1/2 cup of chopped tomatoes into each salad he makes how many salads can he make with 3 cups of tomatoes

Answer 1

6 salads

Explanation:

Cups : salads

½ : 1

3 : X

X/3 = 1/½

X = 3 × 2

X = 6

Answer 2

6 salads

Explanation:

There is 1/2 a cup of tomatoes in each salad Preston makes. He wants to make salads with 3 cups, so set up a proportion:

`(1/2)/(1) =(3)/(x)`, where x is the number of salads he can make

Cross-multiply:

(1/2) * x = 3

x = 3 ÷ (1/2) = 6

He can make 6 salads.