Question

A recipe uses 8 3/4 cups of milk for every 3 1/2 cups of oatmeal. How many cups of milk are used for each cup of oatmeal? Enter your answer in the box as a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

Number of oatmeal cups = $3\frac{1}{2}=\frac{7}{2}$ cups

Number of cups of milk needed for 7/2 cups of oatmeal = $8\frac{3}{4}$

=$\frac{35}{4}$ cups

Hence, number of cups of milk used of 1 cup of oatmeal =

$\frac{\frac{35}{4}}{\frac{7}{2}}$

=$\frac{35}{4}\times \frac{2}{7}$

=$\frac{5}{2}$ cups

Or in mixed fraction it is = $2\frac{1}{2}$ cups