When 1 cup of popcorn kernels are popped, they create 5 bowls of popped corn. How many bowls of popcorn would 8 cups of kernels produce?(2 points)

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5/8 bowls
5/8 bowls

4 7/8 bowls
4 7/8 bowls

5 1/8 bowls
5 18 bowls

40 bowls

Answer 1

If 1 cup of popcorn kernels produces 5 bowls of popped corn, then to find out how many bowls 8 cups of kernels would produce, you can multiply:

\[ 8 \text{ cups} \times 5 \text{ bowls/cup} = 40 \text{ bowls} \]

So, 8 cups of kernels would produce 40 bowls of popped corn.