Question

Tran is making fasnachts (deep-fried German doughnuts) to sell the

Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, her bakery's biggest fasnacht day of
the calendar year. She has 8 pounds of butter and her recipe calls for
1/4 cup of butter per 2 dozen

fasnachts. If 1 pound of butter is 2 cups,
then how many individual fasnacht doughnuts will Tran be able to
make?

Answer 1

1,536

Explanation:

1 pound equals 2 cups, so 8 pounds will be 16 cups.

`(16)/((1)/(4) )` = 16 x 4 = 64

She can make 64 2 dozen fasnachts. There are 24 fasnachts in 2 dozen.

64 x 24 = 1536 individual fasnachts doughnuts.