TASK 19
Punch Mixtures and Ratios
1. If we mix 3 cups Sprite with 1 cup juice, the ratio
of Sprite to juice is 3 to 1.
What fraction of the mixture is Sprite? Answer: ________________
What fraction of the mixture is juice? Answer: _________________
2. To double the mixture in problem 1, we mix 6 cups Sprite with 2 cups
juice. What is the ratio of Sprite to juice? Answer: ______________
What fraction of the mixture is Sprite? Answer: ________________
3. What fraction of the mixture is juice? Answer: ________________
Do you think this mixture will taste the same as the rst mixture?
Why or why not?
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MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASKS 79 Christie Wainwright