Jenny makes food for her hummingbird feeders. The food is made up of 1 part sugar and 4 parts water. She uses 34
3
4
cup of sugar to make the hummingbird food. How much water should Jenny use?
CLEAR SUBMIT
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16
cup
38
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8
cup
214
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1
4
cups
3 cups
Jenny should use 3 cups of water.
To determine the amount of water Jenny should use, we need to find 4 parts of water for every 1 part of sugar used. The ratio is 4:1.
Jenny used 34 cup of sugar, so we need to find how many cups of water are needed.
Divide the amount of sugar by the ratio of sugar to water:
34/4 = 8.5
Jenny should use 8.5 cups of water to make the hummingbird food. However, since we can't have half a cup of water, we can round it to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, Jenny should use 9 cups of water.
To find out how much water Jenny should use, we need to determine the ratio of sugar to water in the hummingbird food. The ratio of sugar to water is given as 1:4, which means for every 1 part sugar, there are 4 parts water.
Jenny uses 34 3/4 cups of sugar. We need to divide this amount by the ratio to find out how much water she should use.
To divide 34 3/4 by 1 (the sugar ratio), we keep the numerator the same and divide the denominator:
34 3/4 ÷ 1 = 34 3/4
So, Jenny should use 34 3/4 cups of water to make the hummingbird food.