what does it mean when is say put 6 part oil and 4 part powder what does it mean?

Question

i dont under stand what the parts mean how do you know how much is in 1 part to get 6 im so confussed

Answer 1

it depends how much you want to make. if you want to make a lot of something, use 4 cups of powder and 6 cups of oil.

if you only want a little, use 4 spoon fuls of powder and 6 spoonfuls of oil.

you can use 4 buckets of powder if you wanted. just use 6 buckets of oil.

Answer 2

there's 10 parts in total and oil can be expressed as 6 over 10 while powder is 4 over 10. Using this formula you know how much of each is needed for something. Take the fraction and multiply it by whatever is made of it e.g. I have a recipe that needs to be 4 parts powder and 6 parts oil. The thing I'm making will weigh 10kg, so how much powder and how much oil will I need? (In kg). Take each fraction and multiply them by the total 6 x 10kg = oil needed
10
4 x 10kg = powder needed
10
alternatively, you know you have 10 parts in total, so you can simply divide the total (10kg)l by the number of parts(10) to find out the value of one part (1 part of anything is worth 1kg because 10 divided 10 is 1). Then multiply 1 part by the number of parts of oil to give you 1kg x 6 = 6kg
then do the same with powder (knowing it is 4 parts) and multiply it by 1 kg to find the amount needed i.e.
1kg x 4 = 4kg

Answer 3

They are talking about proportions, and it doesn't matter if each part is a spoonful, a gram, or or an old baby buggy.

If you follow the instructions it will turn out right.

Whatever you use to measure one thing, use it to measure the other thing. To make it easy let's use cups.

Add six cups of oil. Clean the cup. Then add four cups of powder: Surprise, you are done.

SO, whenever you see the word parts in this sort of problem, use what you have at hand for measuring things and keep on using it. The only annoying thing is to remember to clean and dry whatever you choose to use between each different ingredient.

Answer 4

A "part" could be any unit of measure, depending on how much of the mixture you want to make.

If you used. lets say, 1/4 cups as your unit of measure -- you have 6 1/4-cups of oil (which would equal 1 1/2 cups) + 4 1/4-cups of powder (which would add up to 1 cup) which would give you a total of 2 1/2 cups of the mixture.

If you used 1 pound as your unit of measure -- then you'd have 6 pounds of oil by weight, plus 4 pounds of powder by weight, which would give you a total of 10 pounds of mixture.

Depending on what you were trying to make and what ingredients are called for, it may be more appropriate to use units of measurement by volume (spoonsful, cups full) or by weight (grams, ounces, pounds, kilograms, etc) .

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Use ratio and proportion. 6 to 4 is the same as 3 to 2. If you used 3 cups of oil, you would use 2 cups of powder. If you used 3 quarts of oil, you would use 2 quarts of powder.

Answer 6

6 part and 4 part is a generic ratio instead of a real recipe amount

the advantage is that you can use it to create a small or large amount as needed, 6 tsp or 6 gallons for example

the disadvantage is it's a little confusing if you don't really know how much you need in the first place

like if you sometimes make brownies, and you know you want about two cups of flour because you always make that amount then two parts flour to one part sugar is easy

but if you've never made brownies ever, how would you know if you want two cups of flour and one of sugar, or 8 cups of flour and 4 of sugar??

Answer 7

6 spoons of oil & 4 spoons of powder. I don't know what you are making it could pertain to cups or anything.
Another example is 6 apples and 4 oranges or 6 girls & 4 boys etc.

Answer 8

It's just a ratio, I believe. If you add 6 cups of oil to something, then you add 4 cups of powder as well. If you add 6 spoonfuls, then you add 4 spoonfuls, etc.

Answer 9

It means all the parts are equal. For example, if a recipe says you need 2 parts vinegar and 5 parts water, you would need to use the same amount for all the parts. So, if you are using teaspoons, you need 2 teaspoons of vinegar and 5 teaspoons of water, or 2 cups of vinegar and 5 cups of water.

Answer 10

ITS LIKE A PERCENTAGE 60% OIL 40% POWDER YOU CAN DOUBL IT OR HALF IT