Paula’s salad dressing recipe calls for 8 ounces of oil for every 3 ounces of vinegar. Carlo’s recipe has 1 ounce of vinegar for
every 4 ounces of oil. Whose recipe has a smaller ratio of vinegar to oil? Paula’s dressing ratio of vinegar to oil written as a fraction is ____.
Carlo’s dressing ratio of vinegar to oil written as a fraction is ____.
A common denominator for these fractions is ____.
Whose recipe has a smaller ratio of vinegar to oil? ____.
We know that <span>a) Paula’s recipe calls for 8 ounces of oil for every 3 ounces of vinegar ratio </span><span>of vinegar to oil-----> 3 ounces/8 ounces-----> 0.375
</span> b) <span>Carlo’s recipe has 1 ounce of vinegar for every 4 ounces of oil </span>ratio of vinegar to oil-----> 1 ounces/4 ounces---> 0.25
1) <span>Whose recipe has a smaller ratio of vinegar to oil? 0.25< 0.375 so </span>Carlo’s recipe < Paula’s recipe <span> the answer Part 1) is </span>Carlo’s recipe has a smaller ratio of vinegar to oil--- > 0.25
Part 2) <span>Paula’s dressing ratio of vinegar to oil written as a fraction is 3/8
Part 3)</span><span>Carlo’s dressing ratio of vinegar to oil written as a fraction is 1/4 (is equal to 2/8) </span> Part 4) <span>A common denominator for these fractions is 8</span>
