To make a jug of lemonade, Siva used 3 cups of sugar syrup for every 5 cups of lemon juice.

1. What proportion of the jug of lemonade was the number of cups of sugar syrup?

1 answer

The proportion of the jug of lemonade that was the number of cups of sugar syrup is:

3 cups of sugar syrup / (3 cups of sugar syrup + 5 cups of lemon juice)

Simplifying:

3/8 or 0.375

So, 37.5% of the jug of lemonade was the number of cups of sugar syrup.