A restaurant sells large and small bowls of soup. A 150-ounce pot of soup can make 10 large bowls. A small bowl of soup is three-fifths the size of a large bowl.
Question
How many small bowls of soup can be served from a 108-ounce pot of soup?
To find the number of small bowls that can be served from a 108-ounce pot of soup, we need to first determine the size of a small bowl.
Given that a small bowl is three-fifths the size of a large bowl, we can express this as a fraction: 3/5.
Next, we need to find the size of a large bowl. Since we know that a 150-ounce pot of soup can make 10 large bowls, we can divide 150 by 10 to find the size of a large bowl: 150 / 10 = 15 ounces.
Finally, we can calculate the size of a small bowl using the fraction 3/5 of a large bowl: 3/5 * 15 = 9 ounces.
Now that we know the size of a small bowl is 9 ounces, we can determine the number of small bowls that can be served from a 108-ounce pot of soup by dividing the total size of the pot by the size of a small bowl: 108 / 9 = 12.
Therefore, 12 small bowls of soup can be served from a 108-ounce pot of soup.
To solve this problem, we need to determine the size of a small bowl using the information provided.
Given that a small bowl is three-fifths the size of a large bowl, we can calculate the size of a small bowl using the following equation:
Size of small bowl = (3/5) * Size of large bowl
Next, we can determine the size of a large bowl using the relation between the pot of soup and the large bowl of soup.
Given that a 150-ounce pot of soup can make 10 large bowls, we can calculate the size of a large bowl using the following equation:
Size of large bowl = Size of pot of soup / Number of large bowls
Now that we have both the size of a small bowl and the size of a large bowl, we can determine how many small bowls of soup can be served from a 108-ounce pot of soup by dividing the size of the pot of soup by the size of a small bowl:
Number of small bowls = Size of pot of soup / Size of small bowl
Let's calculate:
1. Size of large bowl = 150 ounces / 10 = 15 ounces
2. Size of small bowl = (3/5) * 15 ounces = 9 ounces
3. Number of small bowls = 108 ounces / 9 ounces = 12 small bowls
Answer:
From a 108-ounce pot of soup, you can serve 12 small bowls of soup.