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Queenstown Middle School is hosting a Harvest Dinner. They are expecting 300 people. The PTA plans to make a special ratatouille. The recipe has a serving size of six people. Use the recipe shown in the table to answer the questions below. Use pictures, tables or number sentences to solve the task. RATATOUILLE INGREDIENTS – Serves 6 1/3 cup olive oil 3 cloves of garlic 1 1/2 large onions 3 zucchini 2 green peppers 5 ripe tomatoes 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1) Determine how much of olive oil, cloves of garlic and green peppers does the PTA need to feed 300 people.

2) How much zucchini is needed for each tomato? How do you know?

3) A teacher notices that he needs twice as much pepper as salt in the recipe.

What is the ratio of pepper to salt? Is the teacher correct? Explain your reasoning in words.