A pudding recipe for 50 people calls for 4 cups of sugar. Each bag of sugar contains 6 cups. How many bags of sugar will be needed to make this recipe for 300 people?
A. 8 bags
B. 13 bags
C. 4 bags
D. 24 bags
We need to perform a series of numerical dimensional analysis to find the number of bags sugar needed for 300 people.
We are told that 50 people need 4 cups of sugar. This can be interpretated as:
Or
Also, one bag of sugar contains 6 cups. This can also be presented as:
Or
We use the second option relating number of people and cups, and second option relating cups of sugar and bag of sugar to find for number of bags of sugar needed for 300 people.
Therefore, 300 people will need 4 bags of sugar.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is C.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: An athlete can run 6 miles in 51 minutes. At this rate, how many miles could the athlete run in 90 minutes?
A. 15 miles
B. 11.5 miles
C. 45 miles
D. 10.6 miles
Answer Explanation
Here, the athlete runs 6 miles in 51 minutes, which can be expressed as:
Now, in 90 minutes, the athlete will cover about
Therefore, the athlete runs about 10.6 miles in 90 minutes.
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Q #2: The width of a rectangle is 4 inches (in) and the area of the rectangle is 32 in2. Which of the following is the length of the rectangle?
A. 8 in
B. 28 in
C. 36 in
D. 128 in
Answer Explanation
We need to find the length of the rectangle from the given area and width of the rectangle. Let L be length if the rectangle. Then,
Area of rectangle=Length*width
Substituting area=32 in2 and w=4 inches
32=L*4
32=4L
Divide both sides by 4
32/4=4L/4
8=L
The length of the rectangle is 8 inches.
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Q #3: Which of the following is the value of x in the equation below? 4x- 3- 5x=24
A. -27
B. -6
C. 3
D. 21
Answer Explanation
to solve for x, we order like terms together and proceed as follows:
4x-3-5x=24
Add 3 to both sides of the equation
4x-3+3-5x=24+3
4x+3-3-5x=27
4x-5x=27
-x=27
Divide both sides by -1
-x/-1=27/-1
x= -27
Thus, the unknown value of x is -27
