Question

A baker has 1

14
cups of sprinkles, and he buys another 12
cup of sprinkles. He plans to use them to spread on cupcakes. Each cupcake needs 18
cup of sprinkles. How many cupcakes can the baker sprinkle?

Answer 1

The answer is "7" cupcakes.

Explanation:

We can add the original 114 cups of sprinkles to the additional 12 cups the baker just bought to get 126 cups. We then divide 126 by 18 to get "7" cupcakes.