Question

Lily is baking cookies for her office holiday party. Each batch of cookies needs 0.4 cups of sugar and 0.01 cups of cinnamon. If each batch can bake 12 cookies and Lily is making 6 batches of cookies, how much sugar and cinnamon does Lily need

Answer 1

2.4 cups of sugar and 0.06 cups of cinnamon

Explanation:

0.4S + 0.01C = 1 batch

0.4(6) + 0.01(6) = 6 batches

2.4 cups sugar + 0.06 cups of cinnamon

Answer 2

Explanation:

one batch= 12 cookies

each batch needs 0.4 cups sugar and 0.01 cups of cinnamon

Lily needs to bake 6 batches, she will need

0.4 cupsx6=2.4 cups of sugar

0.01x6=0.06 cups of cinnamon