Question

A recipe requires 4 cups of flour to make 28 dinner rolls. How many cups of flour is needed to make 112 rolls?

Answer 1

16 cups of flour are needed to make 112 dinner rolls.

Explanation:

28 divided by 4 is 7 which is the number of rolls for one cups of flour. Divide 112 by 7 and thats the amount of flour needed for 112 dinner rolls. You can also multiply 28 4 times since 4 can go into 16 when multiplied.

Answer 2

16 cups

Explanation:

You have the ratio 4 cups = 28 dinner rolls. 28 * 4 = 112, so you know that if you multiply both sides of that equation by 4 you will get the number of cups of flout to make 28 dinner rolls:

4 cups = 28 dinner rolls

becomes

16 cups = 112 dinner rolls

so the answer is 16 cups