Question

Michael is making cookies. Each batch uses 2 cups of flour. He plans to use less than 30 cups of flour for cookies so that he has enough left to make muffins. He has already used 4 cups of flour for cookies. Which statement describes how many more batches of cookies Michael can make

Answer 1

Michael can make fewer than 13 batches of cookies. is the correct answer here;

4+2b<30
-4 -4
2b<26
b<13