Question

Nicholas uses 1 3/4 teaspoons of sugar to make 1 cup

of hot cocoa. How much sugar
should he use to make 6 cups of hot cocoa?

Answer 1

10 1/2 (ten and a half) teaspoons

Explanation:

If 1 3/4 teaspoons of sugar can make 1 cup of hot cocoa

then how many teaspoons of sugar can make 6 cups?

that is,

1 3/4 tsps = 1 cup of hot cocoa

? = 6 cups of hot cocoa

when you cross multiply

6 * 1 3/4

1 3/4 in whole number is 7/4

6 * 7/4 = 21/2

21/2 expressed in fraction is 10 1/2

therefore 10 1/2 teaspoons of sugar will make 6 cups of hot cocoa.