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need math help! please!!!?
Sofia is known for her cheesey potato salad, so she has been asked to make it for her nbephews high school grad party. her recipe normaly serves 6 people... shown below
Cheesy Potato Salad
2 1/2 lb red potatoes
1 cup sour cream
1/2cup mayo
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 bunch green onioun
1 cup cheese
1 TBS bacon bits
...... if they are expecting 75 people at the party, how much of each ingredient will she need?.....
.... If her sour cream comes in 16 ounce containers, how many containers will she need?.....
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
31 1/4 lb potatoes
12 1/2 c s.c.
6 1/4 c mayo
3 1/8 c sugar
6 1/4 bunch green onion
12 1/2 c chz
12 1/2 tbs bacos
she'd need 6 1/4 containers of s.c., but since you can't buy a 1/4 container, she'd need 7.
( I figured 6 goes into 75 12.5 times so multiply everything by 12.5, don't know if it's right, but it's the best I got )
- sparkleLv 51 decade ago
12 & 1/2 tablespoons of bacon bits, 12 & 1/2 cups of cheese, 6 & 1/4 cups of green onion, 3 & 1/8 cups of sugar, 6 & 1/4 cups of mayo, 12 & 1/2 cups of sour cream & 31 & 1/4 cups of red potatoes = recipie for 75 ppl. And 13 containers of sour cream. There you have it. The sour cream thing is assuming you are using 16oz containers fo sour cream. 16oz = one cup so 12 containers. you cant buy an 8oz container of sour cream (at least at my grocer you cant) so thats why the additional container. 13 containers. Good luck : )
- 1 decade ago
Divide 75 by 6. That gives you 12.5. Multiply 12.5 by all your amounts and I think that gives you how much you need. I think that's how you would do it, sorry if I'm wrong.
