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The Class Party Recipe

Understand the puzzle

The exact puzzle

A fizzy punch recipe makes exactly enough for 8 kids. It uses 2 cups of cherry juice and 1 cup of fizzy water. Now 20 kids are coming to the class party, and everyone should get the same size serving the recipe promises. How much cherry juice and fizzy water do you need?

Why this matters

Find the scaling relationship before touching the ingredient amounts

Take your time reading. There's no rush at all. Use the picture on the side to help it make sense, then tell me what it's really asking.