Question

Lenora is following a recipe. She needs 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, 1/4 cup of vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. How many batches of the recipe can she make if she has 5 cups of vegetable oil?

Answer 1

Lenora is following a recipe. She needs 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, 1/4 cup of vinegar, salt and pepper to taste,just for one batch. How many batches of the recipe can she make if she has 5 cups of vegetable oil?

Answer 2

since each batch uses 1/3 cup of oil, a whole cup of oil makes 3 batches.
so, what do you think for 5 cups?

or, if you want to use a proportion,
x/5 = 1/(1/3)

Answer 3

5/(1/3) = 5 * 3/1 = 15 batches.