Mary is making chocolate milkshakes for Holly's birthday party. There will be sixteen people at the party. It takes half of a cup of milk to make one chocolate milkshake. How many cups of milk will it take to make sixteen milkshakes?

Answer 1

It will take 8 cups of milk to make sixteen milkshakes.

To see why, you can think about it this way:

- One milkshake takes 1/2 cup of milk.
- To make 16 milkshakes, you need to multiply 1/2 cup by 16:

1/2 cup x 16 = 8 cups