Question

A recipe calls for 1 12 cups of flour, 34 cup of white sugar, and 18 cup of brown sugar. (a) How many total cups of ingredients are there? Show your work. (b) Which of the following mixing bowls can you use to make the recipe: 2-cup, 3-cup, or 4-cup? Justify your answers.

Answer 1

164 cups of ingredients. 112+34+18=164

a 2 cup mixing bowl would make 82 recipes

a 4 cup mixing bowl would make 41

and a 3 cup would make 54 2/3