Question

You need 1 1/4 cups of sugar to make 20 cookies. How many cups of sugar will you need to make 14 cookies?

Answer 1

7/8 cup sugar

Explanation:

One way to approach this problem is to write and solve an equation of ratios.

1 1/4 cup sugar 5/4 cups sugar

---------------------- = --------------------------- = 1/16 cup sugar per cookie

20 cookies 20 cookies

Now multiply this 1/16 cup sugar per cookie by 14 cookies: 14/16 cup sugar, or 7/8 cup sugar