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How many cups of whole wheat flour does it take to make 30 biscuits if it takes 2 cups of whole wheat flour to make 8 biscuits

User Vani
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Think of it in batches. Divide 30 by 8 to get 3.75 batches, then multiply that number by 2 to get the number of cups of flour. 7.50 cups total.
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30/8 which equals 15/4 x 2 = 7.5, the answer is 7.5 :)
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