Question

Dan uses 6 1/4 cups flour to make pita bread for his family. The recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups. How many batches of pita bread recipe did he make?

Answer 1

Dan will make
`2(1)/(2)` batches of pita bread recipe.

Explanation:

Amount of flour for pita bread used by Dan =
`6(1)/(4)` cups

=
`(25)/(4)` cups

If the recipe requires the flour =
`2(1)/(2)` cups

=
`(5)/(2)` cups

Number of batches of pita bread recipe made =
`\frac{\text{Amount of total flour used}}{\text{Flour required by the recipe}}`

=
`((25)/(4) )/((5)/(2) )`

=
`(25)/(4)* (2)/(5)`

=
`(5)/(2)`

Therefore, Dan will make
`2(1)/(2)` batches of pita bread recipe.

Answer 2

Here is the answer to the problem above. Given that the recipe only calls for 2 and 1/2 cups and this is for one batch only, and Dan used 6 and 1/4 cups, we will solve how many batches of pita bread he made by dividing 6 and 1/4 by 2 and 1/2. So this would be 25/4 divided by 5/2. So the result is 2 and 1/2. So the number of batches of Pita bread he made is 2 and 1/2 batches. Hope this answer helps.