Question

A recipe for sweet potato casserole calls for 3/4 cup of milk. Martina has 6 cups of milk. How many sweet potato casseroles can she make with that amount?

Answer 1

With six cups of milk, and each recipe requiring 3/4 of a cup of milk, we know instantly that she can make at least six potato casseroles, with milk left over. Each recipe has a 1/4 of milk left over. With the milk left over, which is 6 1/4 cups of milk, we can make a further two more with the milk we have. So in total, we can make 8 potato casseroles with the milf left over. 

Answer 2

8 casseroles.

3/4= 0.75
6/0.75= 8