Question

A recipe requires 1/3 cup of milk for each 1/4 cup of water. How many cups of water are needed for each cup of milk?

Answer 1

Explanation:

A comparison between the cups of milk and cups of water can be written as a ratio:

Note that:

1/3 >1/4

1/3 : 1/4 ← x 12 to get rid of fractions

12/1 x 1/3 : 12/1 x 1/4

=4:3

4 cups of milk are used with 3 cups of water ←÷ 4

1 cup of milk is used with 3/4 cup of water