Question

A restaurant uses 3 pounds of pasta for a party of 14 people if they are cooking pasta for a party of 55 people what should should they do

Answer 1

The answer comes from using proportions.  3lbs to 14 people.  Turn that into a fraction, then make a second fraction with 55 as the denominator.  Find a common denominator for both denominator values, and multiply the numerators to find the missing value.

Answer 2

So what I would do is divide 14 or the people by 3 or the pounds, to get Pounds per Person.

So what I would do is:

14 / 3 = 4.6 pounds per person.

So you have 55 people so you would multiply 55 by 4.6

55 • 4.6 = 253

253 pounds are needed