Question

If Leah needs to make a batch of orange sherbet cupcakes with 32 cups of flour, how much sugar should she use?

Answer 1

12 cups of sugar

Explanation:

The recipe uses 3 cups of sugar for every 8 cups of flour.

The diagram that models the ratio is the upper one with 3 pink squares of sugar and 8 green squares of flour.

If she uses 32 cups of flour, she is making 4 times the recipe since 32 = 4 × 8.

Then she also needs 4 times the amount of sugar.

4 × 3 = 12

Answer: 12 cups of sugar