Complete question:
Mai is making personal pizzas. For 4 pizzas, she uses 10 ounces of cheese.
a. How much cheese does Mai use per Pizza
b. At this rate how much cheese will she need to make 15 Pizza's
Answer:
a. ounces of cheese per pizza = 10/4 = 2.5 ounces of cheese
b. amount of cheese to make 15 pizzas= 2.5 × 15 = 37.5 ounces of cheese
Explanation:
Mai is making a personal pizzas .For 4 pizza she uses 10 ounces of cheese. This means Mai uses 10 ounces of cheese in weight to make just 4 pizzas.
a. How much cheese does Mai use per Pizza
Not she uses 10 ounces of cheese to make 4 pizzas. Therefore,
If 4 pizzas requires 10 ounces of cheese
1 pizza will require ? ounces of cheese
cross multiply
ounces of cheese per pizza = 10/4 = 2.5 ounces of cheese
b. At this rate how much cheese will she need to make 15 Pizza's
Since she requires 2.5 ounces of cheese to make 1 pizza
? ounces of cheese will be required to make 15 pizzas
cross multiply
amount of cheese to make 15 pizzas = 2.5 × 15 = 37.5 ounces of cheese