
Models ratio and proportion to solve real-life problems
Quiz by Allan Custodio
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MixingFertilizer for Urban Farming
An urban farmer uses a liquid fertilizer mix for her rooftop vegetable garden. Shefollows a fixed ratio to ensure the plants grow well without beingover-fertilized.
(Refer to the Liquid FertilizerMixing Chart)
Q1: Ifthe farmer has only 75 mL of fertilizer, how much water should shemix with it to maintain the correct proportion?

Thefarmer accidentally mixed 100 mL of fertilizer with only 1500 mL ofwater.Does this mixture follow the correct ratio? If not, explain what she should doto correct it.

Agroup of students is helping with a community feeding program. The originalrecipe they are using makes 6 servings of vegetable soup, but they need toprepare it for 60 children.
Ifonly 1.5 liters of water is available per pot, how many full pots will beneeded to cook the required amount of soup?
