Question

A sauce recipe uses 4 cans of tomatoes in every 2 1/2 quarts. How many cans of tomatoes are used in each quart of the sauce? Enter your answer in the box as a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

Answer:

$1\frac{3}{5}$ cans of tomatoes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem we need to apply the rule of thee, if 4 cans of tomatoes are used in 2 1/2 quarts, how many cans of tomatoes we need to 1 quart?

$x=1quart\frac{4 cans}{2.5quarts }=1.6 cans$

Therefore, for each quart we have to use 1.6 cans of tomatoes, which is $1\frac{3}{5}$ cans of tomatoes.

Answer 2

1 3/5 cans of tomatoes are used in each quart of the sauce