Question

Lexi is making an orange drink for party. She puts 4 pints of orange drink and 2 pints of water into a punch bowl. Her friend Olivia says ''oh no, you were supposed to make a mixture that is 3 parts orange drink and 4 parts water. How can lexie add to the current punch bowl mixture and correct the mistake so that the orange drink mixture is done the way Olivia suggests.

Answer 1

I think she can add 5p more of orange which is 9p and 6p more water which is 8p. I'm pretty sure this works because 9 is the next closest multiple of 3 and 8 is one number less than that. Hope this helps!