Question

A creamery uses 3 gallons of milk for every gallon of ice cream it makes. The table of values below shows the relationship between gallons of milk used and gallons of ice cream made. How many gallons of milk are needed for 417 gallons of ice cream?

Answer 1

To find out how many gallons of milk are needed for 417 gallons of ice cream, we can use the given ratio of 3 gallons of milk for every 1 gallon of ice cream.

417 gallons of ice cream x 3 gallons of milk / 1 gallon of ice cream = 1251 gallons of milk

Therefore, 1251 gallons of milk are needed for 417 gallons of ice cream.