Question

Marta is making 3 servings of fruit salad.she adds 3/8 cup blueberries for each serving.her measuring cup holds 1/8 cup.how many times must Marta measure 1/8 cup of blueberry to have enough for the fruit salad?

Answer 1

To solve this problem you must follow the proccedure shown below:

 1. You have the following information given in the problem above:

 - Marta is making 3 servings of fruit salad.
 - Marta adds 3/8 cups blueberries for each serving.
 - Her measuring cup holds 1/8 cup.

 2. Then, you have:

 1 time----1/8 cup 
         x----3/8 cups

 x=(3/8)/(1/8)

 x= 3x8/1x8
 x=24/8
 x=3 times

 How many times must Marta measure 1/8 cup of blueberry to have enough for the fruit salad?

 The answer is: 3 times