Question

Iris has 43 cups of sugar in her pantry. Each time she makes her recipe for blueberry muffins, she uses 1/2 of a cup of sugar. How many times can Iris make her recipe for blueberry muffins before her sugar runs out?

a) 21
b) 43
c) 86
d) 22

Answer 1

Iris can make 86 batches of blueberry muffins with her 43 cups of sugar, using 1/2 cup of sugar for each batch by multiplying 43 by 2.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many times Iris can make her blueberry muffin recipe with the sugar she has in her pantry. We need to divide the total amount of sugar Iris has by the amount of sugar required for one batch of muffins.

Iris has 43 cups of sugar and uses 1/2 cup of sugar per batch of muffins. To find out how many batches she can make, perform the division: 43 ÷ 1/2.

To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal. So, 43 × 2/1 equals 86. Therefore, Iris can make 86 batches of blueberry muffins before running out of sugar.

The correct answer to the question is option (c) 86.

Answer 2

Iris has 43 cups of sugar, and each batch of blueberry muffins requires 1/2 a cup. By doing the math, 43 cups ÷ 1/2 cup per batch, we find that Iris can make blueberry muffins 86 times before her sugar is depleted.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many times Iris can make her blueberry muffins before running out of sugar, we need to divide the total amount of sugar she has by the amount of sugar required for one batch of muffins. Iris has 43 cups of sugar, and her recipe requires 1/2 a cup of sugar per batch.

Using simple division:

• Total sugar available = 43 cups
• Sugar required per batch = 1/2 cup

Divide the total amount of sugar by the amount of sugar used per batch:

43 cups ÷ 1/2 cup = 86 batches

Therefore, Iris can make her blueberry muffins 86 times before her sugar runs out.