This math topic focuses on advanced rates and ratios, specifically involving equivalent ratios and adjusting recipes with non-integer multiples, using fractions. It supports the development of skills to calculate the quantity of one ingredient needed based on the given ratio to another ingredient, in specific conditions where measurements are fractions. The problems utilize real-world scenarios such as ingredient measurements for sundae, sauce, smoothie, and paint preparation, which is useful for enhancing practical application skills in proportional reasoning and fraction manipulation.

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Ratios - Equivalent, Shrinking Recipes with Non-Integer Multiples - Fractions Worksheet

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Ratios - Equivalent, Shrinking Recipes with Non-Integer Multiples - Fractions
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This sundae needs 5/16 cup of strawberry for every 3/8 cup of chocolate. How many cups of strawberry is needed if you have 3/4 cup of chocolate
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a A LaTex expression showing 5 over 8 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 72 over 3 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 23 over 67 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 45 over 512 \text{cup}
2
This sundae needs 1/2 cup of strawberry for every 5/8 cup of chocolate. How many cups of strawberry is needed if you have 5/8 cup of chocolate
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a A LaTex expression showing 1 over 2 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 25 over 128 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 13 over 16 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 23 over 5 \text{cup}
3
This sundae needs 1/6 cup of strawberry for every 1/3 cup of chocolate. How many cups of strawberry is needed if you have 1/4 cup of chocolate
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a A LaTex expression showing 1 over 8 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 1 over 72 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 4 over 25 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 1 over 6 \text{cup}
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This sundae needs 3/8 cup of strawberry for every 1/4 cup of chocolate. How many cups of strawberry is needed if you have 1/4 cup of chocolate
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a A LaTex expression showing 3 over 8 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 7 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 3 over 128 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 7 over 32 \text{cup}
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This smoothie needs 3/8 cup of peach for every 5/16 cup of lime. How many cups of peach is needed if you have 5/8 cup of lime
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a A LaTex expression showing 3 over 4 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 61 over 5 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 31 over 64 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 75 over 1,024 \text{cup}
6
This sauce needs 3/10 cup of mustard for every 9/40 cup of ketchup. How many cups of mustard is needed if you have 3/8 cup of ketchup
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a A LaTex expression showing 1 over 2 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 54 over 9 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 49 over 89 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 49 over 80 \text{cup}
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This paint color needs 1/3 cup of blue for every 1/4 cup of magenta. How many cups of blue is needed if you have 3/8 cup of magenta
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a A LaTex expression showing 1 over 2 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 5 over 9 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 1 over 32 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 5 over 8 \text{cup}
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This paint color needs 2/3 cup of blue for every 1/2 cup of magenta. How many cups of blue is needed if you have 3/8 cup of magenta
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a A LaTex expression showing 1 over 2 \text{cup}
b A LaTex expression showing 3 over 5 \text{cup}
c A LaTex expression showing 3 over 4 \text{cup}
d A LaTex expression showing 3 \text{cup}