The table shows the amount of 3 ingredients needed to make a punch recipe.

Question

Punch Recipe
Orange juice 3 cups
Pineapple juice 2 cups
Frozen strawberries 1 cup


Chandra needs to make 3 gallons of punch. How many cups of frozen strawberries are needed? Use the drown-down menus to complete the answer.

Chandra needs to make 3 gallons of punch. Since there are 16 cups in a gallon, 3 gallons of punch is equivalent to

cups of punch.

Since the original recipe makes 6 cups of punch and Chandra needs to make

cups of punch, she will need to multiply the amount of each ingredient in the original recipe by

in order to have enough punch.

Since the original recipe calls for 1 cup of frozen strawberries, Chandra will need to use

cups of frozen strawberries.

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Answer 1

Chandra needs to make 3 gallons of punch. Since there are 16 cups in a gallon, 3 gallons of punch is equivalent to 48 cups of punch.

Since the original recipe makes 6 cups of punch and Chandra needs to make 48 cups of punch, she will need to multiply the amount of each ingredient in the original recipe by 8 in order to have enough punch.

Since the original recipe calls for 1 cup of frozen strawberries, Chandra will need to use 8 cups of frozen strawberries.