Question

A bread recipe using 4 cups of flour and 2/1/2 cups of water. If a baker puts 24 cups of flour into the mixer, how many cups of water will he need?

F.)15
G.)12
H.)8
I.)6

Answer 1

F) 15
To get this, you would divide the 24 by 4 = 6
you would turn the 6 into 6.0
then multiply 6.0 x 2.5 6.0
this equals x2.5
30.0
+120.0
15.00 = 15