Question

A tea required 2 spoons of sugar for every 3 cups of tea. How many spoons of sugar is required to make 12 cups of tea?

• A. 6
• B. 8
• C. 10
• D. 12

Answer 1

The correct option is B 8

3 cups of tea required 2 spoons of sugar

The ratio of the number of spoons of sugar to the number of cups of tea = 2:3

We have to find the number of spoons required to make 12 cups of tea

Now, let's draw the double number line to represent the scenario.
For 2 spoons of sugar, we can make 3 cups of tea.

We know, 3 × 4 = 12 $\to$ if the consequent 3 in the second number line is multiplied with 4 to get 12. Hence the antecedant in the first number line should also be multiplied with 4, we get 8

Hence, 8 spoons of sugar is required to make a 12 cups of tea.