To make one teapot a family uses 4 tea bags. At a family dinner they make 23 pots of tea. How many tea bags will they go through during this event?

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Ratios are used to show a relationship between two things. In this case, it is the relationship between the number of tea bags and the number of teapots. 4 tea bags : 1 teapot First, we want to put the ratio into fractional form. ^{4 tea bags}/_{1 teapot} Then, we multiply this fraction by the number of teapots made at dinner. This will give us the total number of tea bags used. ^{4 tea bags}/_{1 teapot} • 23 teapots = 92 teabags

To Make One Teapot a Family Uses 4 Tea Bags