Question

The snack bar at your school has added sushi to its menu. The ingredients for one roll include sushi​ rice, seaweed​ sheets, cucumbers, cream​ cheese, and 2 oz of smoked salmon. One roll can be cut into 9 servings. Write an expression for the amount of salmon needed to make s servings of sushi. How much salmon is needed to make 18 ​servings? 36 ​servings? 90 ​servings? 100 ​servings?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer si:  

- 16 servings - 6 oz of salmon

- 24 servings - 9 oz of salmon

- 80 servings - 30 oz of salmon

- 100 servings - 37.5 oz of salmon

1 roll is 8 servings and it is also made of 3oz of smoked salmon. That means that 3oz of smoked salmon is needed fo 8 servings.

Now, let's made some proportions:

16 servings:

3 oz is for 8 servings, how much oz is for 16 servings:

3 : 8 = x : 16

x = 3 · 16 ÷ 8 = 6 oz

24 servings:

3 oz is for 8 servings, how much oz is for 24 servings:

3 : 8 = x : 24

x = 3 · 24 ÷ 8 = 9 oz

80 servings:

3 oz is for 8 servings, how much oz is for 80 servings:

3 : 8 = x : 80

x = 3 · 80 ÷ 8 = 30 oz

100 servings:

3 oz is for 8 servings, how much oz is for 100 servings:

3 : 8 = x : 100

x = 3 · 100 ÷ 8 = 37.5 oz